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2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Educational Administration Basic Certificate School for You

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

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The Most Popular Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Educational Administration program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education admin majors pursuing a basic certificate.

#1

Stanly Community College

Albemarle, NC

Our analysis found Stanly Community College to be the most popular school for educational administration students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southeast Region . Stanly Technical College is a small public school located in the distant town of Albemarle.

Women make up 97% of the education admin majors at the school.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Central Piedmont Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational administration schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public college with a large student population.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Haywood Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational administration schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Clyde, Haywood Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 97% of the education admin majors at the school.

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Out of the 19 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alamance Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. ACC is a small public school located in the rural area of Graham.

Women make up 95% of the education admin majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fayetteville Technical Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Richmond Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Richmond Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Hamlet.

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Southwestern Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate educational administration programs. Located in the distant town of Sylva, Southwestern Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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Central Carolina Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of Sanford, Central Carolina Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Blue Ridge Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Blue Ridge Community College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Flat Rock.

About 83% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 17% are male.

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#10

Surry Community College

Dobson, NC

With a ranking of #10, Surry Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students working on their basic certificate. Surry Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Dobson.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 1,005
Tennessee 1,225
North Carolina 1,205
Georgia 776
Florida 1,764
Virginia 1,582
West Virginia 207
South Carolina 402
Arkansas 1,193
Louisiana 538
Mississippi 783
Alabama 618

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 19 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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