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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, educational administration students earned 2,692 degrees and certificates from a California school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. 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 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for educational administration students. USC is a very 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 fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#3

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California list. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Jolla.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Irvine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California list. Located in the large 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 came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#7

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Pepperdine University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular educational administration programs. Pepperdine is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Malibu.

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#8

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

University of San Diego came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Administration Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #9, California State University - Northridge did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational administration students. CSUN is a fairly 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 landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular educational administration programs. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large 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 Northcentral University San Diego, CA
12 California State University - Fresno Fresno, CA

Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Educational Administration Schools 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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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