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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$12,651 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Educational Administration Basic Certificate School for You

With 46,469 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, educational administration is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for education admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the education admin basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Educational Administration

#1

Stanly Community College

Albemarle, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Stanly Community College the best value school in the Southeast Region for educational administration students working on their basic certificate. Stanly Technical College is a small public school located in the distant town of Albemarle.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Stanly Technical College are $9,245 per year.

Stanly Technical College also made our Best Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #1.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Central Piedmont Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public college with a large student population.

Central Piedmont Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,936 in tuition and fees each year.

Central Piedmont Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Haywood Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Clyde, Haywood Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Haywood Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,724 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Fayetteville Technical Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FTCC are $8,688 per year.

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#5

Robeson Community College

Lumberton, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Robeson Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Robeson Community College is a small public school located in the town of Lumberton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Robeson Community College are $8,707 a year.

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#6

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UK are $31,608 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UK also is in the top 20% of our Best Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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#7

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

WKU undergraduate students pay an average of $27,000 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 1,005
Tennessee 1,225
North Carolina 1,205
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 7 schools only.

  • 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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