Educational Administration at Northwestern College

If you are interested in studying educational administration, you may want to check out the program at Northwestern College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NWC is located in Orange City, Iowa and approximately 1,496 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.

NWC Educational Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education Admin

Online Classes Are Available at NWC

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

• Master’s Degree

NWC 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 NWC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education admin majors at Northwestern College.

NWC Educational Administration Master’s Program

Of the 63 students who graduated with a master’s in education admin from NWC in 2021, 24% were men and 76% were women.

Of the students who received a education admin master's degree from NWC, 67% 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 Northwestern College with a master's in education admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Northwestern College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Educational Leadership & Administration	66

Related Majors

• Special Education
• 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 IA, the home state for Northwestern College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	2,750	$98,280
Postsecondary Education Administrators	2,360	$107,760
Preschool Education Administrators	810	$40,270
Education Administrators	470	$88,590

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 Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.