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2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Southwest Region

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$58,022 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration School for You

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. 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 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 97 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Educational Administration program at each school on the list.

Check out the education admin programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

#1

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Lamar University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for educational administration students. Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

The excellent programs at Grand Canyon University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best educational administration schools in the Southwest Region . Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

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Out of the 97 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the # 3 spot on the list. NAU is a very large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

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Out of the 97 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the # 4 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students. UNT is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

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With a ranking of #8, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Commerce.

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Southeastern Oklahoma State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Southwest Region list. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Durant.

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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

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The University of Texas at Tyler ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Tyler, UT Tyler is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Abilene Christian University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular educational administration programs. Abilene Christian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Abilene.

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#13

University of St. Thomas

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #13, University of St. Thomas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students. Located in the city of Houston, UST is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#14

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational administration students. It came in at #14 on the list. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

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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 the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
15 Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX
15 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
17 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX
18 Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX
19 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX

Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 4,961
Arizona 2,028
Oklahoma 567
New Mexico 99

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 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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