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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$31,729 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,554 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, educational administration was the most popular one in District of Columbia. In total, 355 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in District of Columbia.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in District of Columbia

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Educational Administration

Our 2023 rankings named Trinity Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for educational administration students. Located in the large city of Washington, Trinity College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Trinity College undergraduate students pay an average of $25,110 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Trinity College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our Best Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

Full Educational Administration at George Washington University Report

#3

American University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The American University are $51,334 a year.

The American University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia list.

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#4

Howard University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia list. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Howard are $28,916 per year.

Howard also made our Best Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #4.

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$13,515 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Strayer University - Global Region is a great value for educational administration students. Located in the large city of Washington, Strayer University - Global Region is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Strayer University - Global Region are $13,515 per year.

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$13,515 Average Tuition & Fees

Strayer University - District of Columbia landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value educational administration programs. Located in the large city of Washington, Strayer University - District of Columbia is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Strayer University - District of Columbia are $13,515 per year.

Full Educational Administration at Strayer University - District of Columbia Report

Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 1,107
Pennsylvania 1,855
New York 3,715
Maryland 548
Delaware 292

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 6 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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