2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Network & System Administration/Administrator

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Network Administration Major for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Network & System Administration/Administrator is the 275th most popular major in the country with 5,501 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 network and system administration/administrator graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Network Administration Major for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in network and system administration/administrator. To top this list, a school must have a successful network and system administration/administrator program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Network Administration Major for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree network administration students.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Network & System Administration/Administrator

1

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Network Administration Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #1 spot on the list. NC A&T is a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 50 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Network & System Administration/Administrator at North Carolina A & T State University

2

Saint Ambrose University
Davenport, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Ambrose University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Network Administration Major for a Master’s list. Saint Ambrose University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Davenport, Iowa. It awarded 4 masters’s network administration degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Network & System Administration/Administrator at Saint Ambrose University

3

Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naval Postgraduate School. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Network Administration Major for a Master’s list. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school situated in Monterey, California. It awarded 0 masters’s network administration degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Network & System Administration/Administrator at Naval Postgraduate School

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.