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2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

6 Ranked Colleges
223 Degrees Awarded
$24,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master's in District of Columbia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 45,664 people earned their degree in educational administration, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, educational administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $59,025 and had an average of $38,048 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 364 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,517 and $52,709 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 223 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in educational administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent educational administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the educational administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Administration in District of Columbia

#1

Trinity Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia. Trinity Washington University is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 16 masters’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Trinity College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity College are $14,580, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Trinity Washington University

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full George Washington University Educational Administration Report

#3

Strayer University - Global Region

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - Global Region. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - Global Region also took the #5 spot in our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Strayer University - Global Region are $15,135, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Strayer University - Global Region

#4

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #4 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 83 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia master’s degree education admin students list, The American University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full American University Educational Administration Report

#5

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Howard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Howard are $34,224, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Howard University

#6

Strayer University - District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia

With a ranking of #6, Strayer University - District of Columbia did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 4 masters’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Strayer University - District of Columbia, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Strayer University - District of Columbia are $15,135, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Strayer University - District of Columbia Educational Administration Report

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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