2024 Best Educational Administration Schools in the Far Western US Region
67Colleges in the Far Western US Region
3,802Education Admin Degrees Awarded
$74,836Avg Early-Career Salary
Educational Administration is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #27 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 67 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for educational administration students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,802 degrees in educational administration during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Educational Administration School
The education admin program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Educational Administration rankings. We derive our Best Overall Educational Administration School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Educational Administration Rankings by Degree Level
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 Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Educational Administration in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the education admin degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
11 Top Far Western US Region Schools in Education Admin
It's hard to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in educational administration. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 380 educational administration students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the education admin program state that they receive average early career wages of $74,647.
Loyola Marymount University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in educational administration. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Loyola Marymount is a great university overall.
There were approximately 283 educational administration students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Marymount in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the educational administration degree program at Loyola Marymount University get $9,608 more than the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Any student pursuing a degree in educational administration needs to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were approximately 139 educational administration students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available. Those educational administration students who get their degree from University of Washington - Seattle Campus make $28,503 more than the average education admin student.
It's hard to beat San Diego State University if you want to pursue a degree in educational administration. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SDSU is a great university overall.
There were about 31 educational administration students who graduated with this degree at SDSU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the educational administration major at San Diego State University get $11,383 more than the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the midsize city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #149 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNLV is a great university overall.
There were roughly 80 educational administration students who graduated with this degree at UNLV in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the education admin program report average early career earnings of $64,298.
SCU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Santa Clara. A Best Colleges rank of #50 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SCU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 32 educational administration students who graduated with this degree at SCU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the educational administration program at Santa Clara University earn $25,710 more than the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 25 educational administration students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Cal State Fullerton is a very large public university located in the suburb of Fullerton. This university ranks 41st out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 41 educational administration students who graduated with this degree at Cal State Fullerton in the most recent data year. Those educational administration students who get their degree from California State University - Fullerton receive $9,128 more than the average education admin grad.
Located in the suburb of Azusa, Azusa Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 43rd out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 11 educational administration students who graduated with this degree at Azusa Pacific in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were about 17 educational administration students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
National University is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Diego. This university ranks 33rd out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 182 educational administration students who graduated with this degree at National University in the most recent year we have data available. Those educational administration students who get their degree from National University make $10,062 more than the average education admin grad.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Educational Administration Schools in the Far Western US Region award.
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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The education admin program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Educational Administration rankings. We derive our Best Overall Educational Administration School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
