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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$35,229 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,937 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 355 degrees and certificates were awarded to educational administration students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #21 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Educational Administration

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GWU is ranked #2 for overall quality for education admin in District of Columbia.

Full Educational Administration at George Washington University Report

#2

Howard University

Washington, DC

Out of the 3 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Howard is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Howard graduate students pay an average of $34,326 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Howard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Howard University

#3

American University

Washington, DC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means American University is a great value for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at The American University are $38,456 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, The American University is ranked #3 for overall quality for education admin in District of Columbia.

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Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,855
New York 3,715
Maryland 548
New Jersey 1,107
Delaware 292

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

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 3 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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