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2023 Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

9 Colleges
$81,870 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree School for You

Educational Administration is one of the most popular subjects to study in Minnesota. With 1,314 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in Minnesota to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota

Check out the education admin doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Minnesota Schools for a Doctorate in Educational Administration

Our analysis found Minnesota State University - Moorhead to be the best school for educational administration students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Minnesota. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead.

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Out of the 9 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

Out of the 9 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

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#4

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Bethel University Minnesota helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in Minnesota. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Concordia University, Saint Paul helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in Minnesota. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree educational administration programs. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

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#9

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

With a ranking of #9, Capella University did quite well on this year’s best schools for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,509
Kansas 646
Iowa 340
South Dakota 158
North Dakota 136
Nebraska 782

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Admin Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration 32,837
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 4,709
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 2,247
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision 1,727
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship 1,572
Superintendency & Educational System Administration 1,107
Urban Education & Leadership 736
Adult & Continuing Education Administration 462
Secondary School Administration/Principalship 452
Community College Education 354
Administration of Special Education 186
Early Childhood Program Administration 70
International School Administration/Leadership 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Shai-WMIL.

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