Educational Leadership and Administration General

A program that focuses on the general principles and techniques of administering a wide variety of schools and other educational organizations and facilities, supervising educational personnel at the school or staff level, and that may prepare individuals as general administrators and supervisors.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 699 institutions across the United States, with a total of 93679 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

211

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

273

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

1,843

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

18,267

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

10,446

degrees awarded

Other Awards

62,638

awards given

Top Schools for Educational Leadership and Administration General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Lamar University Beaumont, TX	4,323
2	American College of Education Indianapolis, IN	3,405
3	The College of Saint Rose Albany, NY	3,180
4	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	2,298
5	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	2,013
6	Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT	1,683
7	Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, MO	1,179
8	Concordia University-Chicago River Forest, IL	969
9	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	891
10	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	753
11	Louisiana State University-Shreveport Shreveport, LA	711
12	University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA	684
13	Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC	621
14	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	597
15	Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, OK	579
16	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	501
17	University of West Alabama Livingston, AL	501
18	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	495
19	Wilmington University New Castle, DE	480
20	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	465
21	Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN	465
22	Emporia State University Emporia, KS	453
23	William Carey University Hattiesburg, MS	450
24	Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA	444
25	Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul, MN	444
26	Rasmussen University-Florida Ocala, FL	441
27	Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY	435
28	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	432
29	Towson University Towson, MD	429
30	McDaniel College Westminster, MD	417
31	American University Washington, DC	417
32	Capella University Minneapolis, MN	411
33	Saint Leo University Saint Leo, FL	405
34	University of West Florida Pensacola, FL	393
35	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT	393
36	William Woods University Fulton, MO	384
37	Tennessee State University Nashville, TN	372
38	Thomas University Thomasville, GA	372
39	Texas A & M University-Commerce Commerce, TX	369
40	Ashford University San Diego, CA	366
41	Southern Nazarene University Bethany, OK	363
42	Creighton University Omaha, NE	360
43	Lipscomb University Nashville, TN	354
44	Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, TN	354
45	Bank Street College of Education New York, NY	351
46	Long Island University Brookville, NY	348
47	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	339
48	University of New England Biddeford, ME	339
49	Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY	333
50	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	333
51	University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	327
52	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	324
53	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	324
54	Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN	321
55	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	318
56	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	318
57	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CA	315
58	Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN	312
59	University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL	312
60	Ball State University Muncie, IN	312
61	Drake University Des Moines, IA	306
62	Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX	303
63	Viterbo University La Crosse, WI	300
64	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	297
65	University of North Texas Denton, TX	297
66	Aurora University Aurora, IL	294
67	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	291
68	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	288
69	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO	288
70	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	285
71	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	279
72	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	279
73	The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX	279
74	Belhaven University Jackson, MS	276
75	Northwestern College Orange City, IA	273
76	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	273
77	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	273
78	Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL	273
79	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	270
80	William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ	267
81	National University San Diego, CA	258
82	Concordia University-Irvine Irvine, CA	255
83	Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA	255
84	University of Houston Houston, TX	255
85	Tarleton State University Stephenville, TX	255
86	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	252
87	Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT	252
88	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	247
89	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	246
90	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH	246
91	Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL	243
92	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	240
93	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	240
94	University of Wisconsin-Superior Superior, WI	237
95	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN	234
96	Boston University Boston, MA	231
97	Ashland University Ashland, OH	231
98	Mississippi College Clinton, MS	231
99	Auburn University Auburn, AL	228
100	St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL	228