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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Administration

781 Ranked Colleges
28,511 Degrees Awarded
$54,435 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Education Admin Major

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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Educational Administration is the 27th most popular major in the country with 46,469 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, educational administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $61,457 and had an average of $32,661 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28,511 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major” ranking looked at 781 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in educational administration. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in educational administration.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree education admin students.

Top 25 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Administration

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend High Tech High Graduate School of Education. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major list. High Tech High Graduate School of Education is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 24 masters’s education admin degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Educational Administration at High Tech High Graduate School of Education

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Out of the 781 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Bank Street College of Education landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 186 degrees to qualified masters’s education admin students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Educational Administration at Bank Street College of Education

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William Woods University
Fulton, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Woods University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major list. William Woods University is located in Fulton, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 218 masters’s education admin degrees to qualified students.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 full report on Educational Administration at William Woods University

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Hobe Sound Bible College
Hobe Sound, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hobe Sound Bible College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major list. Hobe Sound Bible College is a small school located in Hobe Sound, Florida that handed out 9 masters’s education admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Hobe Sound Bible College

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American College of Education
Indianapolis, Indiana

Out of the 781 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major that were part of this year’s ranking, American College of Education landed the #5 spot on the list. American College of Education is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,152 masters’s education admin degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Educational Administration at American College of Education

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Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking, coming in at #6. Stockton, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 59 students in 2020-2021.

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%.

Full Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses Educational Administration Report

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North American University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major list. Located in Stafford, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 56 degrees to qualified masters’s education admin students in 2020-2021.

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

Full North American University Educational Administration Report

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Concordia University, Chicago
River Forest, Illinois

Concordia University, Chicago ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major list. This medium-sized school is located in River Forest, Illinois, and it awarded 420 masters’s education admin degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Concordia University, Chicago

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Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas

Lamar University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking. Lamar University is a public institution located in Beaumont, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,148 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Lamar University

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Sierra Nevada College
Incline Village, Nevada

Sierra Nevada College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking, coming in at #10. SNC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Incline Village, Nevada. The school has a small population, and it awarded 40 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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 Sierra Nevada College Educational Administration Report

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Northwestern College
Orange City, Iowa

Northwestern College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking. Orange City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 63 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Educational Administration at NWC

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Louisiana College
Pineville, Louisiana

Louisiana College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major list. Louisiana College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pineville, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 37 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Educational Administration at Louisiana College

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William Carey University
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

William Carey University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking. William Carey University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 184 masters’s education admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Full William Carey University Educational Administration Report

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Southern Nazarene University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking, coming in at #14. SNU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bethany, Oklahoma. It awarded 78 masters’s education admin degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Educational Administration at SNU

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Concordia University, Nebraska came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking. Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seward, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 149 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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%.

Read more about Educational Administration at Concordia University, Nebraska

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University of Wisconsin - Superior ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major list. Located in Superior, Wisconsin, this small public school awarded 75 degrees to qualified masters’s education admin students in 2020-2021.

Full University of Wisconsin - Superior Educational Administration Report

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Averett University
Danville, Virginia

Averett University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking. This small school is located in Danville, Virginia, and it awarded 40 masters’s education admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Full AU Educational Administration Report

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University of West Alabama
Livingston, Alabama

With a ranking of #18, University of West Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major list. Livingston, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 183 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Educational Administration at University of West Alabama

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Southeastern Oklahoma State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking, coming in at #19. Durant, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 164 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Educational Administration at Southeastern Oklahoma State University

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Ohio Dominican University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 42 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 full report on Educational Administration at ODU

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With a ranking of #21, Northwest Missouri State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major list. Located in Maryville, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 202 degrees to qualified masters’s education admin students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Northwest

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Doane University
Crete, Nebraska

Doane University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking. Doane Crete is a small school located in Crete, Nebraska that handed out 65 masters’s education admin degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 full report on Educational Administration at Doane University

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Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell, South Dakota

Dakota Wesleyan University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mitchell, South Dakota. It awarded 21 masters’s education admin degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 Dakota Wesleyan University Educational Administration Report

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University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, Kentucky

University of the Cumberlands came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major ranking. Williamsburg, Kentucky 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 373 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Educational Administration at Cumberlands

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Baker University
Baldwin City, Kansas

Baker University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major list. Baker University is a small school located in Baldwin City, Kansas that handed out 62 masters’s education admin degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Baker Educational Administration Report

Rest of the Best 50 in Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major

Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:

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Rocky Mountain College
Billings, Montana
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Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
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Wisconsin Lutheran College
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
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Southern Wesleyan University
Central, South Carolina
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Georgian Court University
Lakewood, New Jersey
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Cardinal Stritch University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Dordt University
Sioux Center, Iowa
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Missouri Baptist University
Saint Louis, Missouri
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Chadron State College
Chadron, Nebraska
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Emporia State University
Emporia, Kansas
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Wheeling University
Wheeling, West Virginia
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Mills College
Oakland, California
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University of Holy Cross
New Orleans, Louisiana
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University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Soka University of America
Aliso Viejo, California
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Holy Family University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Delta State University
Cleveland, Mississippi
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Gardner - Webb University
Boiling Springs, North Carolina
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Union University
Jackson, Tennessee

Rest of the Top 15% Colleges in Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Admin Major

While not in the ‘top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:

Rank College Location
51 Salem University Salem, WV
52 University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, AK
53 University of Maine at Farmington Farmington, ME
54 Neumann University Aston, PA
55 Hope International University Fullerton, CA
56 Concordia University, Irvine Irvine, CA
57 International Baptist College and Seminary Chandler, AZ
57 Meridian University Petaluma, CA
59 St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL
60 Concordia University, Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
61 Mississippi College Clinton, MS
62 Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Arecibo Arecibo, PR
63 Hannibal - LaGrange University Hannibal, MO
64 Centenary University Hackettstown, NJ
65 The College of Saint Rose Albany, NY
Rank College Location
66 Drake University Des Moines, IA
67 Avila University Kansas City, MO
68 University of North Texas at Dallas Dallas, TX
69 Columbia College Columbia, SC
70 Strayer University - North Carolina Morrisville, NC
71 Caribbean University - Ponce Ponce, PR
72 Hood College Frederick, MD
73 Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL
74 McKendree University Lebanon, IL
75 Montclair State University Montclair, NJ
76 Belhaven University Jackson, MS
77 Louisiana State University - Shreveport Shreveport, LA
78 Saint Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA
79 Ashland University Ashland, OH
80 Cairn University Langhorne, PA
81 Viterbo University La Crosse, WI
82 Asbury University Wilmore, KY
83 Saint Peter’s University Jersey City, NJ
84 University of Mary Bismarck, ND
85 Immaculata University Immaculata, PA
86 Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL
87 Wayne State College Wayne, NE
88 Oakland City University Oakland City, IN
89 Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA
90 The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ
Rank College Location
91 Midland University Fremont, NE
92 Geneva College Beaver Falls, PA
92 North Park University Chicago, IL
94 Providence College Providence, RI
95 Strayer University - Tennessee Memphis, TN
96 Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD
97 University of Mount Union Alliance, OH
98 Bethel University - Mishawaka Mishawaka, IN
99 Minnesota State University - Moorhead Moorhead, MN
100 Sul Ross State University Alpine, TX
101 California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA
102 West Virginia State University Institute, WV
103 Southwest Baptist University Bolivar, MO
104 Canisius College Buffalo, NY
105 Missouri Valley College Marshall, MO
106 University of Houston - Victoria Victoria, TX
107 The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX
108 University of St Francis Joliet, IL
109 Wilmington University New Castle, DE
110 Texas A&M University - Commerce Commerce, TX
111 Georgetown College Georgetown, KY
112 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Odessa, TX
113 Carson - Newman University Jefferson City, TN
114 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Edinboro, PA
115 Trinity Washington University Washington, DC
Rank College Location
116 Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO
117 Strayer University - Texas Austin, TX
118 Lubbock Christian University Lubbock, TX

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