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2023 Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, educational administration was ranked 2nd in North Carolina. In fact, 1,205 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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 Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in North Carolina 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.

Our 2023 rankings named Appalachian State University the most popular online school in North Carolina for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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#2

Wingate University

Wingate, NC

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Wingate University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in North Carolina. Wingate is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Wingate.

Of the 18 students majoring in education admin at Wingate, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Women make up 78% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of North Carolina at Wilmington helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 75% of the education admin majors at the school.

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#5

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in education admin at ECU, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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Lenoir - Rhyne University 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. Located in the small city of Hickory, Lenoir - Rhyne University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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North Carolina State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 1,005
Tennessee 1,225
Georgia 776
Florida 1,764
Virginia 1,582
West Virginia 207
South Carolina 402
Arkansas 1,193
Louisiana 538
Mississippi 783
Alabama 618

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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

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 7 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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