General Educational Leadership & Administration at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 35,470 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.

UofSC General Educational Leadership & Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration

Online Classes Are Available at UofSC

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

UofSC General Educational Leadership & 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in educational leadership and administration, making the school the #211 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Educational Leadership and Administration Student Demographics at UofSC

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

UofSC General Educational Leadership & Administration Master’s Program

Of the 73 educational leadership and administration students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UofSC, about 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a educational leadership and administration master's degree from UofSC, 74% 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a master's in educational leadership and administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	54
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Related Majors

• Higher Education/Higher 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	4,040	$87,280
Postsecondary Education Administrators	2,460	$95,680
Preschool Education Administrators	540	$46,390
Education Administrators	240	$78,930

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 Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.