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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$8,100 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,937 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate 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 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 North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Educational Administration

Our analysis found Appalachian State University to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in North Carolina. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Appalachian State are $8,007 per year.

Appalachian State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ECU are $7,594 a year.

ECU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Educational Administration at East Carolina University Report

Out of the 8 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 a year.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNCW are $7,514 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Western Carolina University is a great value for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. WCU is a large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

WCU graduate students pay an average of $7,480 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational administration programs. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Greensboro are $8,265 a year.

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#7

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Gardner - Webb University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Boiling Springs.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Gardner - Webb are $10,130 a year.

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#8

Wingate University

Wingate, NC

Wingate University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Wingate is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Wingate.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wingate are $11,700 per year.

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Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Educational Administration Schools 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 8 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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