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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$12,635 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 Minnesota. With 1,314 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

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 Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in Minnesota 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. 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 Minnesota

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

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Winona State University the best value school in Minnesota for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Winona State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Winona.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Winona State are $8,756 a year.

Winona State also made our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #3.

Full Educational Administration at Winona State University Report

#2

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at St. Cloud State University are $9,192 a year.

Full Educational Administration at Saint Cloud State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550 per year.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Concordia University, Saint Paul

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Moorhead are $11,052 per year.

MSU Moorhead did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Minnesota State University - Moorhead

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great value for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #1 spot in our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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#6

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Bethel University Minnesota ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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

Bethel University Minnesota also took the #2 spot in our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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#7

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

With a ranking of #7, Hamline University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Southwest Minnesota State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Marshall, Southwest Minnesota State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southwest Minnesota State University are $8,818 per year.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Southwest Minnesota State University

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational administration programs. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,509
Kansas 646
Iowa 340
South Dakota 158
North Dakota 136
Nebraska 782

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 14 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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