Ranked #6 in popularity, educational administration is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for educational administration students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 41 doctor's degrees in educational administration during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on educational administration students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of educational administration students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt educational administration students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized educational administration related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for educational administration students working on their doctor's degree.
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 Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Educational Administration in District of Columbia
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in educational administration.
Top District of Columbia Schools for a Doctorate in Education Admin
George Washington University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in educational administration. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Doctorate students who receive their degree from the education admin program earn an average of $92,116 in the first couple years of working.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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