General Educational Leadership & Administration at East Carolina University

What traits are you looking for in a educational leadership and administration school? To help you decide if East Carolina University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's educational leadership and administration program.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year.

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

ECU General Educational Leadership & Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

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? ECU offers distance education options for educational leadership and administration at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

ECU General Educational Leadership & Administration Rankings

There were 39 students who received their doctoral degrees in educational leadership and administration, making the school the #24 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Educational Leadership and Administration Student Demographics at ECU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the educational leadership and administration majors at East Carolina University.

ECU General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of educational leadership and administration master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in educational leadership and administration each year. ECU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a educational leadership and administration master's degree from ECU, 58% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the educational leadership and administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Carolina University with a master's in educational leadership and administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• Adult & Continuing Education Administration

Careers That Educational Leadership and Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in educational leadership and administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	8,370	$71,740
Postsecondary Education Administrators	4,620	$107,460
Preschool Education Administrators	1,750	$47,330
Education Administrators	1,250	$82,040

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 Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.