by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,709 people earned their degree in higher education/higher education administration, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3,686 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 199 colleges that offer a degree in higher education/higher education administration. To top this list, a school must have a successful higher education/higher education administration program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree higher education/higher education administration students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 182 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Liberty University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
Out of the 199 schools in the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Global landed the #2 spot on the list. Purdue University Global is a public institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 109 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Purdue University Global Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. University of Louisville is a large school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 103 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Full UofL Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. Stony Brook University is a large public school situated in Stony Brook, New York. It awarded 96 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Full Stony Brook University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s. Georgia Southern University is a public institution located in Statesboro, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 87 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Georgia Southern University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
University of Southern California ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 70 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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With a ranking of #7, Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses is located in Stockton, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 59 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Humphreys University
Texas A&M University - Commerce ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 55 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
Florida International University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s ranking. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 50 degrees to qualified masters’s higher education/higher education administration students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Florida International University
Capella University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 50 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Capella University
With a ranking of #11, University of Mississippi did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. Ole Miss is a large school located in University, Mississippi that handed out 48 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Mississippi Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
Walden University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s ranking. Walden University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 47 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Walden University
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 46 diplomas to qualified masters’s higher education/higher education administration students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Arizona State University - Tempe
Merrimack College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #14. Located in North Andover, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 45 diplomas to qualified masters’s higher education/higher education administration students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Merrimack College
Georgetown University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s ranking. Georgetown University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 44 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Georgetown Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
Baruch College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 44 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Baruch College
With a ranking of #17, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. University of Pennsylvania is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 43 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at UPenn
With a ranking of #18, Boston College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. Boston College is a fairly large school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 42 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Boston College Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
Kent State University at Kent did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #19. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 40 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to qualified students.
Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #20. Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to qualified students.
Full SHSU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #21 on this year’s Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Charlottesville, Virginia. It awarded 38 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at University of Virginia
University of West Alabama came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s ranking. University of West Alabama is a medium-sized school located in Livingston, Alabama that handed out 38 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at University of West Alabama
Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s ranking. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school awarded 37 degrees to qualified masters’s higher education/higher education administration students in 2020-2021.
Full OHIO Athens Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Report
With a ranking of #24, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. La Crosse, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
With a ranking of #25, Hofstra University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major for a Master’s list. Hofstra is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Hempstead, New York. It awarded 35 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Not only did these schools make the top 30 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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