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2023 Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 45,458 educational administration students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 87 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for education admin majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 15% Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our analysis found George Mason University to be the best school for educational administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augusta University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Augusta University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Augusta.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Georgia is a great place for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. UNG is a fairly large public school located in the town of Dahlonega.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia College & State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the distant town of Milledgeville, Georgia College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a great place for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public college with a small student population.

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#6

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

University of Louisville landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate educational administration programs. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate educational administration programs. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Appalachian State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate educational administration programs. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

With a ranking of #10, Florida State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

On average, education admin graduates from Florida State take out $16,339 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate educational administration programs. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #12 on the list. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

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#13

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #13 on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Educational Administration students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
14 University of West Alabama Livingston, AL
15 University of Georgia Athens, GA
16 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
17 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Knoxville, TN

Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,582
Florida 1,540
Georgia 739
North Carolina 1,205
Tennessee 1,211
Kentucky 1,005
Louisiana 538
Alabama 618
South Carolina 402
Mississippi 783
Arkansas 1,193
West Virginia 207

One of 14 majors within the area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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