Educational Administration at The University of Alabama

If you are interested in studying educational administration, you may want to check out the program at The University of Alabama. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 students attend the school each year.

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

UA Educational Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education Admin

UA Educational Administration Rankings

There were 39 students who received their doctoral degrees in education admin, making the school the #39 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Admin Student Demographics at UA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education admin majors at The University of Alabama.

UA Educational Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of education admin master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in education admin each year. UA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education admin master's degree from UA, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Alabama with a master's in education admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Educational Administration

If you plan to be a education admin major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Alabama. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	36
General Educational Leadership & Administration	22
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision	19
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	1

Related Majors

• Educational Assessment
• Teaching English or French
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Instructional Media Design
• Student Counseling

Careers That Education Admin Grads May Go Into

A degree in education admin can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	3,590	$83,420
Postsecondary Education Administrators	2,340	$111,960
Education Administrators	620	$95,830
Preschool Education Administrators	330	$39,100

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.