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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

35 Colleges
$12,351 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,870 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 2,692 degrees and certificates were awarded to educational administration students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #48 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 35 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for education admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education admin majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Concordia University, Irvine to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Located in the city of Irvine, Concordia University, Irvine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Concordia University, Irvine are $8,564 a year.

Concordia University, Irvine also took the #4 spot in our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in California rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - San Bernardino. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. CSUSB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUSB are $8,647 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, CSUSB is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at California State University - Sacramento helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in California. Sac State is a very large public school located in the large city of Sacramento.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Sac State are $8,826 per year.

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#4

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandman University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brandman are $12,720 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Brandman is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at California State University - East Bay helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in California. Cal State East Bay is a large public school located in the suburb of Hayward.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State East Bay are $8,429 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at California State University - Fullerton helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in California. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cal State Fullerton are $8,410 a year.

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California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUN are $8,477 a year.

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#8

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SDSU are $9,570 per year.

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San Jose State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at San Jose State are $9,286 per year.

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California State University - Los Angeles landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree educational administration programs. Cal State LA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State LA are $8,219 per year.

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Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Educational Administration Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 424
Oregon 381
Nevada 153
Hawaii 97
Alaska 55

Educational Administration is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Education Admin

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.

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