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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

16 Colleges
$19,179 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. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Southwest Region 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. 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 Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.

ASU - Skysong also took the #3 spot in our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northeastern State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Southwest Region . NSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Tahlequah.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NSU are $10,911 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas A&M University - Kingsville helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Kingsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,344 per year.

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#4

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Lamar University is a great value for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational administration programs. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

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University of North Texas 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 #7 on the list. UNT is a very large public school located in the city of Denton.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.

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New Mexico Highlands University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands University is a public college with a small student population.

New Mexico Highlands University graduate students pay an average of $11,154 in tuition and fees each year.

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Northern Arizona University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. NAU is a very large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NAU are $20,125 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NAU is ranked #4 for overall quality for education admin in the Southwest Region .

Full Educational Administration at Northern Arizona University Report

The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 a year.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,028
Texas 4,961
New Mexico 99
Oklahoma 567

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 16 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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