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2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

47 Colleges
$81,870 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree School for You

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

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The Most Popular Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 47 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our analysis found Grand Canyon University to be the most popular school for educational administration students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

Women make up 68% of the education admin majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Abilene Christian University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational administration schools in the Southwest Region . Abilene Christian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Abilene.

Of the 95 students majoring in education admin at Abilene Christian, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

Of the 66 students majoring in education admin at UH, 23% are male and 77% are female.

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#4

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Lamar University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational administration schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 53 students majoring in education admin at Lamar University, 32% are male and 68% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.

About 81% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 19% are male.

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Dallas Baptist University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Dallas, DBU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 80% of the education admin majors at the school.

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Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M Commerce is a large public school located in the town of Commerce.

Of the 40 students majoring in education admin at Texas A&M Commerce, 18% are male and 83% are female.

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With a ranking of #8, Northern Arizona University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. NAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff.

About 65% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 35% are male.

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With a ranking of #9, American InterContinental University - Online did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. AIU Online is a large private for-profit school located in the rural area of Schaumburg.

Of the 30 students majoring in education admin at AIU Online, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Full Educational Administration at American InterContinental University - Online Report

#10

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

Tarleton State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the town of Stephenville, Tarleton is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 65% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 35% are male.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

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

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 26 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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