Educational Administration at George Washington University

Every educational administration school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education admin program at George Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 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.

GWU Educational Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education Admin
• Doctorate Degree in Education Admin

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

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? GWU offers distance education options for education admin at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GWU 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.

There were 31 students who received their doctoral degrees in education admin, making the school the #60 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Admin Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU Educational Administration Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students earned a master's degree in education admin from GWU. About 70% of these graduates were women and the other 30% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in education admin each year. GWU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education admin master's degree from GWU, 58% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Educational Administration

If you plan to be a education admin major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from George Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Educational Leadership & Administration	100
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	39

Related Majors

• General Education
• Educational Assessment
• Instructional Media Design
• Other Education
• Student Counseling

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Postsecondary Education Administrators	1,490	$117,680
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	1,170	$106,200
Education Administrators	940	$105,730

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.