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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

63 Colleges
$15,566 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,435 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Master's Degree School for You

With 46,469 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, educational administration is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 63 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the education admin master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Irvine the best value school in the Far Western US Region for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Irvine are $8,564 per year.

Concordia University, Irvine also claimed a spot on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Brandman University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Far Western US Region . Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brandman are $12,720 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Brandman is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#3

United States University

San Diego, CA

The excellent master’s degree programs at United States University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Far Western US Region . USU is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $5,650 per year.

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#4

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Whitworth University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Spokane, Whitworth is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Whitworth graduate students pay an average of $12,456 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Heritage University

Toppenish, WA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Heritage University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the rural area of Toppenish, Heritage University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Heritage University graduate students pay an average of $9,872 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Educational Administration at Heritage University Report

With a ranking of #6, Fresno Pacific University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Fresno Pacific are $15,060 a year.

Fresno Pacific also made our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #5.

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#7

Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA

With a ranking of #7, Gonzaga University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Gonzaga are $14,878 per year.

Gonzaga also claimed a spot on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#8

National University

La Jolla, CA

National University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at National University are $15,480 per year.

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Saint Martin’s University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Lacey, Saint Martin's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Saint Martin’s graduate students pay an average of $15,840 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Seattle University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 a year.

Seattle U also claimed a spot on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Educational Administration at Seattle University Report

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Educational Administration students in the Far Western US Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region award.

Rank College Location
11 California State University - San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA
12 California Baptist University Riverside, CA
12 Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA

Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 424
Oregon 381
California 2,692
Nevada 153
Hawaii 97
Alaska 55

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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