2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary School Administration/Principalship in the Great Lakes Region

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 “Best Value Secondary School Administration/Principalship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Secondary School Administration/Principalship is the 703rd most popular major in the country with 440 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 92 secondary school administration/principalship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 secondary school administration/principalship graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Secondary School Administration/Principalship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in secondary school administration/principalship. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality secondary school administration/principalship programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the secondary school administration/principalship program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Secondary School Administration/Principalship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Secondary School Administration/Principalship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Secondary School Administration/Principalship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary School Administration/Principalship in the Great Lakes Region

#1

McKendree University

Lebanon, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$9,324 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McKendree University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Secondary School Administration/Principalship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Lebanon, Illinois, and it awarded 29 masters’s secondary school administration/principalship degrees in 2019-2020.

McKendree also took the #2 spot in our “Best Secondary School Administration/Principalship Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at McKendree University are $9,324, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Secondary School Administration/Principalship at McKendree University

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Secondary School Administration/Principalship Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s secondary school administration/principalship degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Secondary School Administration/Principalship Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Secondary School Administration/Principalship at Eastern Michigan University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary School Administration/Principalship

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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