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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

49 Colleges
$18,192 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,870 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree 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.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 49 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for education admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Irvine the best value school in the Far Western US Region for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Concordia University, Irvine graduate students pay an average of $8,564 in tuition and fees each year.

Concordia University, Irvine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#2

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Brandman University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Far Western US Region . Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brandman are $12,720 a year.

Brandman not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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Out of the 49 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, City University of Seattle landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CityU are $11,812 a year.

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#4

Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Gonzaga University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Gonzaga are $14,878 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Azusa Pacific University is a great value for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Azusa Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Azusa.

Azusa Pacific graduate students pay an average of $16,696 in tuition and fees each year.

Azusa Pacific excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#6

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

With a ranking of #6, Loyola Marymount University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Marymount are $19,922 per year.

Loyola Marymount excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#7

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

With a ranking of #7, Seattle University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 per year.

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California State University - San Bernardino did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public college with a large student population.

CSUSB graduate students pay an average of $18,151 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

With a ranking of #9, University of La Verne did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. ULV is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of La Verne.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ULV are $14,520 per year.

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California State University - Sacramento came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a very large student population.

Sac State graduate students pay an average of $18,330 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 424
Oregon 381
California 2,692
Nevada 153
Hawaii 97
Alaska 55

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 25 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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