Educational Administration at Northern State University

What traits are you looking for in a education admin school? To help you decide if Northern State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education admin program.

NSU is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and approximately 3,431 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.

NSU Educational Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education Admin

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

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

• Master’s Degree

NSU 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 NSU

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

NSU Educational Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of education admin master's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in education admin each year. NSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education admin master's degree from NSU, 92% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Northern State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Educational Administration & Supervision	13

Related Majors

• Student Counseling
• Special Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• 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 SD, the home state for Northern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	610	$79,570
Postsecondary Education Administrators	220	$111,940
Preschool Education Administrators	100	$55,490
Education Administrators	70	$73,320

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.