Educational Administration at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 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.

Vanderbilt Educational Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education Admin

Vanderbilt Educational Administration Rankings

There were 34 students who received their doctoral degrees in education admin, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Admin Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Educational Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of education admin master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in education admin each year. Vanderbilt does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education admin master's degree from Vanderbilt, 58% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	33
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Educational Administration

Educational Administration majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Vanderbilt University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Educational Leadership & Administration	43
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	36
Urban Education & Leadership	17

Related Majors

• General Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• International Education
• Teaching English or French
• Teacher Education Subject Specific

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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	5,580	$82,300
Postsecondary Education Administrators	3,720	$104,790
Education Administrators	1,320	$74,750
Preschool Education Administrators	860	$50,990

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.