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Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at George Washington University

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at George Washington University

If you plan to study higher education/higher education administration, take a look at what George Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration section at the bottom of this page.

GWU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GWU offers distance education options for higher education/higher education administration at the following degree levels:

GWU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in higher education/higher education administration, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the higher education/higher education administration majors at George Washington University.

GWU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Program

81% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of higher education/higher education administration master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a master's in higher education/higher education administration.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 7
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in higher education/higher education administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Postsecondary Education Administrators 1,490 $117,680
Education Administrators 940 $105,730

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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