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2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Plains States Region

96 Colleges
$53,910 Avg Salary
$43,207 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Educational Administration 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.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 96 schools in the Plains States Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Educational Administration Colleges.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for educational administration students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend William Woods University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Plains States Region list. William Woods is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Fulton.

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The excellent programs at Northwest Missouri State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the town of Maryville, Northwest is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Saint Charles, Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concordia University, Nebraska. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Plains States Region list. Concordia University, Nebraska is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Seward.

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#6

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Emporia State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular educational administration programs. Located in the town of Emporia, ESU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Winona.

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Concordia University, Saint Paul ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Plains States Region list. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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#10

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, MO

With a ranking of #10, Southeast Missouri State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students. Located in the small city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #11, University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students. UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

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With a ranking of #12, Fort Hays State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students. Located in the town of Hays, FHSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#12

Doane University

Crete, NE

Doane University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational administration students. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the town of Crete, Doane Crete is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular educational administration programs. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

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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 the Plains States Region award.

Rank College Location
15 Minnesota State University - Moorhead Moorhead, MN
15 Drake University Des Moines, IA
17 Walden University Minneapolis, MN
18 Maryville University of Saint Louis Saint Louis, MO
19 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS

Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,509
Kansas 646
Minnesota 1,314
Iowa 340
South Dakota 158
North Dakota 136
Nebraska 782

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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