Educational Administration at Alcorn State University

If you plan to study educational administration, take a look at what Alcorn State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Alcorn State is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi and approximately 3,230 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Educational Administration section at the bottom of this page.

Alcorn State Educational Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education Admin

Online Classes Are Available at Alcorn State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Alcorn State offers distance education options for education admin at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Alcorn State Educational Administration Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Education Admin Student Demographics at Alcorn State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education admin majors at Alcorn State University.

Alcorn State Educational Administration Master’s Program

Of the 16 students who graduated with a master’s in education admin from Alcorn State in 2021, 31% were men and 69% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in education admin each year. Alcorn State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the education admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 94% of degree recipients. That is 61% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Alcorn State University with a master's in education admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Educational Administration

Educational Administration majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Alcorn State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Community College Education	16

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific

Careers That Education Admin Grads May Go Into

A degree in education admin can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Alcorn State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	2,770	$77,330
Postsecondary Education Administrators	1,650	$95,160
Preschool Education Administrators	380	$43,190
Education Administrators	130	$82,830

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jack E. Boucher under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.