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2023 Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

24 Colleges
$73,937 Avg Salary
$18,411 Avg Student Debt

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, educational administration was ranked #22 in the country. In fact 46,469 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education admin majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

About 81% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 19% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

Women make up 57% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at Concordia University, Saint Paul Report

#3

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 40% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in education admin at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#5

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, KS

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Pittsburg State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in the Plains States Region . Pitt State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Pittsburg.

Women make up 79% of the education admin majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #7, Northwest Missouri State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the town of Maryville, Northwest is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 61% of the education admin majors at the school.

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Minnesota State University - Moorhead came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 22 students majoring in education admin at MSU Moorhead, 32% are male and 68% are female.

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Wichita State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for educational administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Wichita.

Women make up 70% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at Wichita State University Report

Fort Hays State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Hays, FHSU is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 65% of the education admin majors at the school.

Full Educational Administration at Fort Hays State University Report

Explore the most popular online educational administration colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,509
Minnesota 1,314
Kansas 646
Iowa 340
Nebraska 782
North Dakota 136
South Dakota 158

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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 24 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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