Educational Administration at Northwest Missouri State University

If you plan to study educational administration, take a look at what Northwest Missouri State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and has a total student population of 7,267. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 202 students received their master's degree in education admin.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Educational Administration section at the bottom of this page.

Northwest Educational Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education Admin

Online Classes Are Available at Northwest

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Northwest offers distance education options for education admin at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Northwest Educational Administration Rankings

Education Admin Student Demographics at Northwest

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education admin majors at Northwest Missouri State University.

Northwest Educational Administration Master’s Program

Of the 202 students who graduated with a master’s in education admin from Northwest in 2021, 39% were men and 61% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in education admin each year. Northwest does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education admin master's degree from Northwest, 90% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a master's in education admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	181
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Student Counseling
• Instructional Media Design
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Special Education

Careers That Education Admin Grads May Go Into

A degree in education admin can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MO, the home state for Northwest Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	5,770	$90,740
Postsecondary Education Administrators	2,140	$115,110
Preschool Education Administrators	640	$51,940
Education Administrators	380	$79,220

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.