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2023 Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

20 Colleges
$54,435 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, educational administration was ranked 2nd in North Carolina. In fact, 1,205 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the best school in North Carolina for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in North Carolina. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Queens University of Charlotte. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Charlotte, Queens is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

High Point University

High Point, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend High Point University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of High Point, High Point is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Appalachian State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on this year’s best schools for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

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#8

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

With a ranking of #8, Campbell University did quite well on this year’s best schools for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. Campbell is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Buies Creek.

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Western Carolina University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree educational administration programs. WCU is a large public school located in the town of Cullowhee.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 1,005
Tennessee 1,225
Georgia 776
Florida 1,764
Virginia 1,582
West Virginia 207
South Carolina 402
Arkansas 1,193
Louisiana 538
Mississippi 783
Alabama 618

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 20 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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