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2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia

11 Colleges
$68,554 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, educational administration was the most popular one in District of Columbia. In total, 355 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in District of Columbia.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in District of Columbia to see which 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular school in District of Columbia for educational administration students. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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#2

American University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

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

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Out of the 11 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Global Region landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, Strayer University - Global Region is a private for-profit school with a large student population.

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#5

Howard University

Washington, DC

The excellent programs at Howard University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in District of Columbia. Howard is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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Trinity Washington University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the city of Washington, Trinity College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of the District of Columbia came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia ranking. University of the District of Columbia is a small public school located in the city of Washington.

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Strayer University - District of Columbia came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Located in the large city of Washington, Strayer University - District of Columbia is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Catholic University of America did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational administration students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#10

Gallaudet University

Washington, DC

Gallaudet University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular educational administration programs. Gallaudet is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 1,107
Pennsylvania 1,855
New York 3,715
Maryland 548
Delaware 292

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 11 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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