2023 Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Educational Administration Master's Degree 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.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 95 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 15% Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Wisconsin Lutheran College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. WLC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WLC are $10,080 per year.
WLC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Ashland University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Great Lakes Region . Ashland is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Ashland.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ashland are $6,972 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Grace College and Theological Seminary is a great value for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Winona Lake, Grace College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Grace College graduate students pay an average of $8,054 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Concordia University, Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Viterbo University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Crosse.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Viterbo are $9,488 a year.
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Ferris State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public college with a large student population.
Ferris graduate students pay an average of $8,232 in tuition and fees each year.
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Bethel University - Mishawaka ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Mishawaka, Bethel University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Bethel University graduate students pay an average of $7,880 in tuition and fees each year.
McKendree University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Lebanon, McKendree is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at McKendree are $9,756 per year.
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Alverno College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Alverno is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Alverno are $10,402 a year.
Youngstown State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Youngstown State University is a large public school located in the city of Youngstown.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 per year.
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With a ranking of #11, Western Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WIU are $12,182 a year.
Carroll University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree educational administration programs. Located in the small city of Waukesha, Carroll U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Carroll U graduate students pay an average of $13,719 in tuition and fees each year.
Carroll U also claimed a spot on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
With a ranking of #13, Illinois State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 per year.
Illinois State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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University of St Francis came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Saint Francis are $13,839 a year.
University of Saint Francis also claimed a spot on our Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
Rank | College | Location |
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15 | North Central College | Naperville, IL |
15 | Muskingum University | New Concord, OH |
17 | Concordia University, Wisconsin | Mequon, WI |
17 | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL |
19 | Ohio Dominican University | Columbus, OH |
Best Educational Administration Colleges by State
Explore the best educational administration colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 866 |
Illinois | 1,821 |
Ohio | 856 |
Indiana | 2,122 |
Wisconsin | 862 |
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Majors Related to Education Admin
One of 14 majors within the area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Education Admin
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.
- 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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