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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

29 Colleges
$22,211 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,937 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 46,469 educational administration students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, MA

Our analysis found Fitchburg State University to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Fitchburg State is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Fitchburg.

Fitchburg State graduate students pay an average of $6,012 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Gordon College

Wenham, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gordon College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Gordon College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Wenham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Gordon College are $6,400 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.

Saint Joseph’s Maine graduate students pay an average of $9,766 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at American International College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Springfield, AIC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at AIC are $12,717 per year.

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#5

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Champlain College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Champlain graduate students pay an average of $14,310 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, MA

Bridgewater State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational administration programs. Located in the suburb of Bridgewater, Bridgewater State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bridgewater State are $11,397 per year.

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Salem State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Salem State is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Salem.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Salem State are $10,477 per year.

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#8

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

Quinnipiac University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hamden.

Quinnipiac graduate students pay an average of $20,340 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Quinnipiac is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

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University of Maine at Farmington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the remote town of Farmington, UMaine Farmington is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMaine Farmington are $11,038 a year.

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With a ranking of #10, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $23,510 per year.

Full Educational Administration at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network Report

Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 419
Massachusetts 776
Maine 164
Vermont 34
New Hampshire 335
Rhode Island 114

Educational Administration is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Education Admin Focus Areas

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.

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