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2023 Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

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

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Point Park University the most popular online school in the Middle Atlantic Region for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Point Park is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Women make up 62% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at Point Park University Report

Out of the 16 online programs at schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 65 students majoring in education admin at GWU, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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#3

Hood College

Frederick, MD

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Hood College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Frederick, Hood is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 77% of the education admin majors at the school.

Education Admin majors at Hood take out an average of $16,880 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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#4

Niagara University

Niagara University, NY

Out of the 16 online programs at schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Niagara University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Niagara is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Niagara University.

Women make up 79% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at Niagara University Report

#5

Gannon University

Erie, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gannon University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the small city of Erie, Gannon is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 88% of the education admin majors at the school.

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#6

Canisius College

Buffalo, NY

Canisius College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for educational administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Canisius is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Buffalo.

About 64% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 36% are male.

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#7

Towson University

Towson, MD

Towson University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate educational administration programs. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 20 students majoring in education admin at Towson, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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California University of Pennsylvania landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate educational administration programs. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

Women make up 56% of the education admin majors at the school.

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#9

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 92% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 8% are male.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Drexel University

#10

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, NY

New York Institute of Technology came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. NYIT is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Old Westbury.

Of the 8 students majoring in education admin at NYIT, 38% are male and 63% are female.

Full Educational Administration at New York Institute of Technology Report

Explore the most popular online educational administration schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 1,107
Pennsylvania 1,855
New York 3,715
Maryland 548
District of Columbia 355
Delaware 292

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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

Majors Similar to Education Admin

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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