2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration in District of Columbia

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In 2020-2021, 32,837 people earned their degree in general educational leadership and administration, making the major the 32nd most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 234 general educational leadership and administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 145 general educational leadership and administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational Leadership and Administration Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general educational leadership and administration. That schools that top this list have a program in general educational leadership and administration in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational Leadership and Administration Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree educational leadership and administration students.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration in District of Columbia

1

Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#7 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational Leadership and Administration Major in District of Columbia list. Trinity Washington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Educational Leadership & Administration at Trinity Washington University

2

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#3 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational Leadership and Administration Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #2 spot on the list. American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 101 masters’s educational leadership and administration degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about General Educational Leadership & Administration at American University

3

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational Leadership and Administration Major in District of Columbia list. Howard University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s educational leadership and administration degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Howard General Educational Leadership & Administration Report

4

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Educational Leadership and Administration Major in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s educational leadership and administration students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 General Educational Leadership & Administration at GWU

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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.

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