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

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

In 2020-2021, 46,469 educational administration students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online education admin graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern State University the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. NSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Tahlequah.

About 73% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 27% are male.

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#2

Schreiner University

Kerrville, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Schreiner University is a great place for educational administration students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the town of Kerrville, Schreiner University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 72% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 28% are male.

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#3

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western New Mexico University is a great place for educational administration students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the town of Silver City, Western New Mexico University is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in education admin at Western New Mexico University, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Skysong is a great place for educational administration students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 43% of the education admin majors at the school.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Texas A&M University - Kingsville helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M Kingsville is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Kingsville.

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#5

Mid-America Christian University

Oklahoma City, OK

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Mid-America Christian University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in the Southwest Region . MACU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oklahoma City.

Of the 3 students majoring in education admin at MACU, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

Of the 13 students majoring in education admin at Texas A&M College Station, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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Northern Arizona University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff.

Women make up 65% of the education admin majors at the school.

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University of Phoenix - Arizona 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 #7 on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,028
Texas 4,961
New Mexico 99
Oklahoma 567

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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 12 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.

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