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2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California

61 Colleges
$78,351 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 61 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Educational Administration program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education admin majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for educational administration students who want to pursue a degree in California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#2

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Out of the 61 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola Marymount University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Loyola Marymount is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#3

National University

La Jolla, CA

Out of the 61 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the # 3 spot on the list. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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The excellent programs at Concordia University, Irvine helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in California. Located in the city of Irvine, Concordia University, Irvine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational administration students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#7

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Pepperdine University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California list. Pepperdine is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Malibu.

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#8

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational administration students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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California State University - Northridge ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

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#10

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

University of San Francisco did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational administration students. It came in at #10 on the list. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California award.

Rank College Location
11 California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA
12 California State University - Fresno Fresno, CA
12 Northcentral University San Diego, CA

Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Educational Administration Colleges 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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