
PhD in Agricultural and Extension Education
The minimum requirement for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Agricultural and Extension Education degree from Mississippi State University is the completion of 90 semester hours of graduate credit on an approved program of study above the bachelor’s degree.
Duration
TBA
Starting Date
January, June, August
Tuition Fee
$ 26,580/year
Location
Starkville, United States
About the program
Required courses for the Agricultural and Extension Education degree from Mississippi State University include 30–36 hours of graduate credit in Agricultural and Extension Education; 16 graduate credits in statistics, research, and evaluation; 12–18 graduate credits in a minor or supporting area, 0–12 graduate elective credits; and 20 credit hours of dissertation research. Students must pass a written and an oral comprehensive examination in both the major and minor/supporting area.
To be eligible for the preliminary/comprehensive examination, a graduate student must have a 3.00 GPA on all graduate courses taken after admission to the degree program. Students must also pass the final dissertation examination. The student’s graduate committee supervises the dissertation and examinations.
Courses Included
- Methods of Planned Change
- Philosophical Foundations of Agricultural and Extension Education
- Evaluation of Agricultural and Extension Education Programs
- Applying Research Methods to Agricultural and Extension Education
- Instrument and Data Collection Procedures in Social Science Research
- Statistics for the Social and Life Sciences in Agriculture
- Qualitative Research












