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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$10,630 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,870 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Doctor'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 Value Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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 Appalachian State University the best value school in North Carolina for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Appalachian State are $8,007 a year.

Appalachian State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Educational Administration at Appalachian State University Report

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at East Carolina University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $7,594 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ECU is ranked #3 for overall quality for education admin in North Carolina.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNCW are $7,514 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. WCU is a large public school located in the town of Cullowhee.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WCU are $7,480 a year.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Western Carolina University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 per year.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro 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 #6 on the list. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro graduate students pay an average of $8,265 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Chapel Hill are $12,566 a year.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Educational Administration at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report

#8

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

Fayetteville State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Fayetteville State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Fayetteville.

Fayetteville State University graduate students pay an average of $5,835 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Wingate University

Wingate, NC

Wingate University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree educational administration programs. Wingate is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Wingate.

Wingate graduate students pay an average of $11,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Wingate also made our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #5.

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North Carolina State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree educational administration programs. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NC State are $11,703 a year.

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Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value 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 12 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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