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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$11,870 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,937 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

Educational Administration is one of the most popular subjects to study in Kentucky. With 1,005 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Kentucky 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education admin majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Educational Administration

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Louisville the best value school in Kentucky for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. UofL is a very large public school located in the city of Louisville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofL are $13,725 per year.

UofL not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list.

Full Educational Administration at University of Louisville Report

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Kentucky is a great value for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UK are $13,674 per year.

UK also made our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #2.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Eastern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in Kentucky. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a large student population.

Eastern graduate students pay an average of $10,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Educational Administration at Eastern Kentucky University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Murray State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in Kentucky. Murray State is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Murray.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Murray State are $9,882 a year.

Murray State also made our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Murray State University

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
Tennessee 1,225
North Carolina 1,205
Florida 1,764
Georgia 776
Virginia 1,582
West Virginia 207
South Carolina 402
Arkansas 1,193
Louisiana 538
Mississippi 783
Alabama 618

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

Majors Similar to Education Admin

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 4 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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