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2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California

61 Colleges
$78,351 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration School for You

Educational Administration is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 2,692 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Educational Administration Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 61 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular 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.

Check out the education admin programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for educational administration students who want to pursue a degree in California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Read full report on Educational Administration at University of Southern California

#2

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola Marymount University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California list. Loyola Marymount is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#3

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California list. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Jolla.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Irvine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California list. Located in the city of Irvine, Concordia University, Irvine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#7

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Pepperdine University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational administration students. It came in at #7 on the list. Pepperdine is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Malibu.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Pepperdine University

#8

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational administration students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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California State University - Northridge ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

Full Educational Administration at California State University - Northridge Report

#10

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #10, University of San Francisco did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Full Educational Administration at University of San Francisco Report

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California award.

Rank College Location
11 California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA
12 California State University - Fresno Fresno, CA
12 Northcentral University San Diego, CA

Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Educational Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 424
Oregon 381
Nevada 153
Hawaii 97
Alaska 55

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 25 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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