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2023 Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in California

3 Colleges
$73,937 Avg Salary
$18,411 Avg Student Debt

Educational Administration is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 2,692 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education admin majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Our analysis found Loyola Marymount University to be the most popular school for educational administration students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in California. Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

About 79% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 21% are male.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Loyola Marymount University

#2

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Out of the 3 online programs at schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Northcentral University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Diego, Northcentral University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 83% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at Northcentral University Report

#3

United States University

San Diego, CA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at United States University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in California. Located in the city of San Diego, USU is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Educational Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 424
Oregon 381
Nevada 153
Hawaii 97
Alaska 55

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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 3 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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