2024 Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Ranked #6 in popularity, educational administration is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 12 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 211 master's degrees in educational administration during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Educational Administration School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of educational administration for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality education admin program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to educational administration students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other educational administration students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt educational administration students go into to obtain their master'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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for educational administration students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Educational Administration Schools

The education admin school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in Maryland.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Educational Administration in Maryland

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in educational administration.

10 Top Maryland Schools for a Master's in Education Admin

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

31 Annual Graduates

$53,792 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you wish to pursue a master's degree in educational administration. UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.

Students who graduate with their master's from the education admin program state that they receive average early career income of $53,792.

More information about a master’s in educational administration from University of Maryland - College Park

2

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

5 Annual Graduates

Johns Hopkins University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in educational administration. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a master’s in educational administration from Johns Hopkins University

3

Towson University
Towson, MD

7 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in educational administration has to look into Towson University. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in educational administration from Towson University

4

Hood College
Frederick, MD

29 Annual Graduates

$68,611 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Hood College if you want to pursue a master's degree in educational administration. Hood is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Frederick.

Those educational administration students who get their master's degree from Hood College earn $14,870 more than the typical education admin graduate.

More information about a master’s in educational administration from Hood College

5

Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD

67 Annual Graduates

$63,697 Median Starting Salary

Loyola Maryland is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.

Those educational administration students who get their master's degree from Loyola University Maryland earn $9,956 more than the average education admin student.

More information about a master’s in educational administration from Loyola University Maryland

6

McDaniel College
Westminster, MD

4 Annual Graduates

McDaniel is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Westminster.More information about a master’s in educational administration from McDaniel College

7

Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

17 Annual Graduates

Located in the small suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in educational administration from Salisbury University

8

Mount St Mary's University
Emmitsburg, MD

3 Annual Graduates

The Mount is a small private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Emmitsburg.More information about a master’s in educational administration from Mount St Mary’s University

9

Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD

8 Annual Graduates

Morgan State is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a master’s in educational administration from Morgan State University

10

Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD

4 Annual Graduates

Coppin is a small public university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a master’s in educational administration from Coppin State University

Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	1,292
Pennsylvania	248	1,044
New Jersey	188	842
District of Columbia	154	246
Delaware	109	171

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Educational Administration Related Rankings by Major

Educational Administration is one of 14 different types of Education programs to choose from.

Education Admin Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration	164
Other Educational Administration & Supervision	35
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	6
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision	3
Adult & Continuing Education Administration	2
Community College Education	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Education	1,062
Teacher Education Grade Specific	397
Teacher Education Subject Specific	322
Curriculum & Instruction	239
Instructional Media Design	153
Special Education	142
Student Counseling	137
Other Education	48
Educational Assessment	43
Teaching English or French	37

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Shai-WMIL. More about our data sources and methodologies.