Educational Administration at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 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.

UK Educational Administration Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Education Admin (Less Than 1 Year)
• Master’s Degree in Education Admin
• Doctorate Degree in Education Admin

Online Classes Are Available at UK

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

• Master’s Degree

UK 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in education admin, making the school the #342 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Admin Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Educational Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 education admin majors earned their master's degree from UK. Of these graduates, 23% were men and 77% were women.

Of the students who received a education admin master's degree from UK, 84% 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 University of Kentucky with a master's in education admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Educational Administration

Educational Administration majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Kentucky. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Educational Leadership & Administration	33
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	8
Superintendency & Educational System Administration	2

Related Majors

• International Education
• Teaching English or French
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Instructional Media Design
• Educational Assessment

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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	4,290	$87,420
Postsecondary Education Administrators	2,160	$86,620
Education Administrators	620	$82,070
Preschool Education Administrators	440	$42,370

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.