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2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate 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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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 57 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

Our 2023 rankings named Viterbo University the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of La Crosse, Viterbo is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 69% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at Viterbo University Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at National Louis University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational administration schools in the Great Lakes Region . NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

About 76% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 24% are male.

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#3

American College of Education

Indianapolis, IN

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at American College of Education helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational administration schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Indianapolis, American College of Education is a private for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 70% of the education admin majors at the school.

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#4

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Dayton helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational administration schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 68 students majoring in education admin at UDayton, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Full Educational Administration at University of Dayton Report

Out of the 57 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Women make up 59% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global Report

With a ranking of #6, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Kent State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Kent.

About 80% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#7

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Detroit.

Of the 48 students majoring in education admin at Wayne State, 17% are male and 83% are female.

Full Educational Administration at Wayne State University Report

With a ranking of #8, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. UW Oshkosh is a large public school located in the small city of Oshkosh.

Women make up 79% of the education admin majors at the school.

Read full report on Educational Administration at University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

#9

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 38 students majoring in education admin at Oakland, 26% are male and 74% are female.

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#10

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Concordia University, Chicago ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Concordia University, Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

About 58% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 42% are male.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,033
Illinois 1,825
Indiana 2,252
Michigan 877
Wisconsin 909

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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