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Next Start Date: 11/16/2026

Online courses

Most master's under $10K, doctoral under $25KÂą

Earn your master's in 10-20 months, doctorate as little as 3 years²

Reach the Highest Level of Your Career in Business and Leadership

Advance your expertise with a doctoral degree in business and leadership from American College of Education (ACE). Our flexible online programs are built for driven professionals ready to shape their industries, influence change and leave a lasting impact.  

With expert faculty mentorship and structured dissertation support, you’ll have guidance at every step. These programs are designed to fit your life, allowing you to complete your doctorate in as little as 36 months2 while continuing your career and personal commitments.  

ACE gives you the advanced skills, confidence, and credentials to reach your goals and lead at the highest level in education. We’re committed to helping you start and finish your doctorate with support every step of the way.

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Business & Leadership

Doctor of Business Administration

Advance your expertise with a Doctor of Business Administration designed for experienced professionals ready to lead and advance into executive leadership, consulting and other senior roles across business, nonprofit, government and higher education. This fully online program combines applied research, expert faculty support, and exceptional value to help you advance your career goals. You’ll build skills in executive decision-making, strategic thinking, innovation, data-driven problem solving, and organizational change to lead meaningful performance improvement.

 

Total Program Cost: $21,5251

Completion Time: 36 months2

Ed.S. in Leadership

Sharpen your leadership skills and ability to impact transformational change in schools, communities, and a wide range of professional settings. Immerse yourself in a post-master’s program that emphasizes strategic planning, ethical decision-making and change management. Learn how to implement innovative leadership strategies that promote learning and organizational improvement. Choose an area of focus that aligns with your professional interests, such as Business Management, Literacy, Special Education, Higher Education and others.  

 

Coursework emphasizes key topics in educational leadership, including ethical leadership, models of leadership and coaching, strategic operations, and more. 

 

Total Program Cost: $12,6601

Completion Time: 18 months2

Ed.D in Leadership

Transform your leadership potential into meaningful change with this online Ed.D. program. Designed for driven professionals aiming to reach the highest levels of their careers, the curriculum prepares you to solve complex challenges and lead innovation across organizations. Guided by expert faculty, you’ll study core areas such as ethics, decision-making, budget management and organizational behavior while advancing your research skills. 

 

The program culminates in a dissertation, giving you the opportunity to apply evidence-based insights and contribute new knowledge to the field of leadership.  

 

Total Program Cost: $24,8101

Completion Time: 36 months2

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Discover the ACE Advantage

Icon for Fast Completion Times Complete your doctorate in business and leadership in as little as 36 months.2

Fast Completion Times

Complete your doctorate in business and leadership in as little as 36 months.2

Icon for Focused Online Learning 100% online courses structured to keep you on track toward your goals.

Focused Online Learning

100% online courses structured to keep you on track toward your goals.

Icon for Nationally Recognized ACE is #3 in the country for master’s degrees conferred in education, and we’re growing in master’s degrees earned in healthcare, nursing and business.3

Nationally Recognized

ACE is #3 in the country for master’s degrees conferred in education, and we’re growing in master’s degrees earned in healthcare, nursing and business.3

Icon for Expert Faculty Learn from instructors who are actively working in your field, with firsthand knowledge of up-to-date practices and industry trends.

Expert Faculty

Learn from instructors who are actively working in your field, with firsthand knowledge of up-to-date practices and industry trends.

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Disclaimer: Select programs may require student teaching, an internship or a practicum.

ÂąThis is an estimated value of the cost for tuition and fees. Amounts may vary depending on number of transfer credits applied to the selected program hours, the pace and satisfactory completion of the selected program, receipt of institutional scholarship and/or grant amounts, or adjustments to tuition or fees as described in the Catalog Right to Modify Tuition section. State sales and use tax will apply where required by law.
2This is an estimated time to completion. Actual completion time may vary depending on the number of transfer credits applied, availability of courses, satisfactory pace, multiple course requests, successful course completion, and meeting program milestones as required.
3Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Graduate statistics apply across all ACE programs. See Student Right to Know. Accessed Oct. 14. 2026.
Conferral ranking from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Accessed Oct. 12. 2026