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2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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$54,435 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 75 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for education admin majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola Marymount University the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 245 students majoring in education admin at Loyola Marymount, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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#2

National University

La Jolla, CA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at National University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational administration schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 182 students majoring in education admin at National University, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational administration schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Concordia University, Irvine helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational administration schools in the Far Western US Region . Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

About 79% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 21% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 71% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at University of Southern California Report

#7

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. USD is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

Women make up 75% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at University of San Diego Report

With a ranking of #8, University of Nevada - Las Vegas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

Of the 74 students majoring in education admin at UNLV, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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Portland State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for educational administration students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school 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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#9

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 44% are male.

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California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for educational administration students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 76% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at California State University - Northridge Report

Honorable Mentions

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region award.

Rank College Location
12 Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses Stockton, CA
13 Brandman University Irvine, CA
14 Chaminade University of Honolulu Honolulu, HI
15 California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA

Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 424
Oregon 381
California 2,692
Nevada 153
Hawaii 97
Alaska 55

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 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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