🎓

Best Colleges for Educational Administration

50 Educational Administration programs ranked by real graduate earnings, debt, and completion — from the College Scorecard Field-of-Study data.

⚡Quick answer

For Educational Administration, Long Island University (New York) ranks #1 by our outcome score, with median graduate earnings of $134,325. Rankings reflect earnings, debt, and completion — not reputation or cost — across 50 programs with published outcome data.

#	School	Credential	Median earnings	Median debt	Completers	Score
1	Long Island University Brookville, NY	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$134,325	$20,500	49	92.2
2	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	Master's Degree	$131,961	$23,186	83	91.6
3	Bank Street College of Education New York, NY	Master's Degree	$118,465	$23,894	101	89.2
4	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	Master's Degree	$119,900	$21,817	43	88.6
5	The College of Saint Rose Albany, NY	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$138,544	—	1,139	88.2
6	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$124,768	$27,849	221	88
7	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CA	Doctoral Degree	$152,157	—	66	87.6
8	National University San Diego, CA	Master's Degree	$110,083	$23,388	180	87.4
9	The College of Saint Rose Albany, NY	Master's Degree	$138,388	—	99	87.3
10	Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$108,940	$17,066	—	85.5
11	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA	Master's Degree	$109,423	$22,151	50	85.4
12	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$105,559	$20,503	104	85.4
13	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	Doctoral Degree	$174,350	—	28	85.4
14	Concordia University-Irvine Irvine, CA	Master's Degree	$109,714	$26,000	123	85.3
15	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	Doctoral Degree	$134,549	—	44	85.2
16	City University of Seattle Seattle, WA	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$147,389	—	31	85
17	Fordham University Bronx, NY	Doctoral Degree	$140,055	—	29	84.3
18	Relay Graduate School of Education New York, NY	Master's Degree	$148,774	—	—	83.9
19	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CA	Master's Degree	$118,581	—	57	83.2
20	University of La Verne La Verne, CA	Doctoral Degree	$133,709	—	27	83.1
21	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA	Doctoral Degree	$154,918	—	18	82.8
22	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	Doctoral Degree	$127,684	—	30	82.5
23	Fordham University Bronx, NY	Master's Degree	$106,668	$21,199	28	82.5
24	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	Doctoral Degree	$104,509	$19,765	28	82.1
25	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	Master's Degree	$129,722	—	24	81.8
26	Pace University New York, NY	Master's Degree	$143,103	—	14	81.6
27	California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CA	Master's Degree	$115,100	—	46	81.5
28	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	Doctoral Degree	$184,940	—	5	81.1
29	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	Doctoral Degree	$125,689	—	21	80.8
30	Concordia University-Chicago River Forest, IL	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$110,620	—	55	80.8
31	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	Doctoral Degree	$154,544	—	8	80.8
32	College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$131,076	—	18	80.8
33	Russell Sage College Troy, NY	Doctoral Degree	$179,109	$44,276	30	80.7
34	George Fox University Newberg, OR	Doctoral Degree	$120,720	—	26	80.7
35	Western Illinois University Macomb, IL	Doctoral Degree	$159,820	—	4	80.4
36	Washington State University Pullman, WA	Doctoral Degree	$163,998	—	3	80.3
37	Saint Elizabeth University Morristown, NJ	Doctoral Degree	$122,250	—	22	80.2
38	Hood College Frederick, MD	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$119,559	—	—	80.1
39	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	Doctoral Degree	$108,580	$27,834	37	79.9
40	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	Doctoral Degree	$170,203	$51,307	35	79.8
41	Touro University New York, NY	Master's Degree	$120,353	$38,979	60	79.7
42	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	Doctoral Degree	$130,291	—	13	79.6
43	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	Master's Degree	$109,935	$20,500	0	79.6
44	Plymouth State University Plymouth, NH	Doctoral Degree	$130,741	—	12	79.6
45	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	Master's Degree	$116,546	—	25	79.6
46	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	Doctoral Degree	$132,932	—	10	79.5
47	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$147,305	—	2	79.5
48	Long Island University Brookville, NY	Master's Degree	$112,457	—	31	79.5
49	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	Doctoral Degree	$130,532	—	11	79.2
50	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	Master's Degree	$118,120	—	21	79.1

🔍 Filter Educational Administration by state & degree level →

How we ranked this

Programs are scored 0–100 within the Educational Administration field (CIP 13.04) using three College Scorecard figures: median graduate earnings (weighted 70%), median federal-loan debt (20%, inverted so lower debt scores higher), and completer count (10%, log-scaled). Each input is percentile-ranked against the other Educational Administration programs, so the score is robust to outliers and comparable across schools. Programs with no published earnings are excluded — never given a fabricated number. This is the same engine that powers our interactive Major Rankings. Minimum 5 scorable programs required to publish.

Frequently asked questions

Which college has the best Educational Administration program?+

By our outcome score, Long Island University (New York) ranks #1 for Educational Administration, with median graduate earnings of $134,325.

How are these Educational Administration programs ranked?+

Each program gets a 0–100 outcome score from three real College Scorecard figures: median graduate earnings (70%), median federal-loan debt (20%, lower is better), and completer count (10%). Programs are compared within the major so the score reflects the best schools for this field specifically.

Where does the earnings and debt data come from?+

The U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Field-of-Study file, which publishes median earnings and median debt by institution and major (4-digit CIP). Figures are post-graduation medians; programs without published earnings are not scored and are omitted from this ranking.

Can I filter Educational Administration programs by state or degree level?+

Yes. This page shows the national top programs; use the interactive Major Rankings tool to filter the same data by state, and by credential level (bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral).

Keep exploring

🔍 Educational Administration rankings (filterable)🎓 All major rankings 🏫 Browse colleges 🆓 Tuition-free colleges ⭐ All Best-Of guides

Data sources: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (Field of Study) · IPEDS Completions. Figures are the most recent values published in each federal dataset; cells with no published value are shown as “—” and never estimated. CertiHomes Education does not sell rankings or accept placement fees.