Higher Education Higher Education Administration

A program that focuses on the principles and practice of administration in four-year colleges, universities and higher education systems, the study of higher education as an object of applied research, and which may prepare individuals to function as administrators in such settings. Includes instruction in higher education economics and finance; policy and planning studies; curriculum; faculty and labor relations; higher education law; college student services; research on higher education; institutional research; marketing and promotion; and issues of evaluation, accountability and philosophy.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 250 institutions across the United States, with a total of 13974 degrees awarded annually.

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

258

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

3,339

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

1,033

degrees awarded

Other Awards

9,319

awards given

Top Schools for Higher Education Higher Education Administration

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	789
2	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	423
3	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	255
4	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	231
5	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	231
6	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	228
7	Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN	228
8	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	219
9	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	207
10	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	204
11	Texas A & M University-Commerce Commerce, TX	183
12	Maryville University of Saint Louis Saint Louis, MO	183
13	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	180
14	Florida International University Miami, FL	171
15	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	171
16	University of Maine at Farmington Farmington, ME	159
17	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	150
18	University of Mississippi University, MS	147
19	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	141
20	Georgetown University Washington, DC	135
21	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	129
22	Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses Stockton, CA	129
23	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	126
24	Walden University Minneapolis, MN	123
25	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI	123
26	University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences San Marcos, CA	120
27	Wilmington University New Castle, DE	117
28	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	117
29	Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY	114
30	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	114
31	Capella University Minneapolis, MN	111
32	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	111
33	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	108
34	University of North Texas Denton, TX	105
35	University of Denver Denver, CO	105
36	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	105
37	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	102
38	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	102
39	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	96
40	American College of Education Indianapolis, IN	90
41	Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA	90
42	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	90
43	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	87
44	Merrimack College North Andover, MA	87
45	George Washington University Washington, DC	87
46	National Louis University Chicago, IL	84
47	William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ	84
48	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	81
49	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN	81
50	University of West Alabama Livingston, AL	81
51	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	78
52	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	78
53	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	78
54	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	75
55	Post University Waterbury, CT	75
56	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	72
57	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	72
58	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	72
59	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	72
60	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	69
61	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL	69
62	Seattle University Seattle, WA	69
63	Saint Peter's University Jersey City, NJ	69
64	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	69
65	Providence College Providence, RI	66
66	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	66
67	National University San Diego, CA	66
68	Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA	66
69	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Teaneck, NJ	66
70	Lansing Community College Lansing, MI	63
71	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	63
72	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	63
73	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	60
74	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	60
75	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	60
76	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	60
77	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	57
78	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	57
79	Salem State University Salem, MA	57
80	University of Houston Houston, TX	57
81	North Carolina Central University Durham, NC	54
82	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	54
83	California Baptist University Riverside, CA	54
84	Northeastern State University Tahlequah, OK	54
85	Mercer University Macon, GA	54
86	University of Georgia Athens, GA	51
87	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	51
88	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	51
89	Tiffin University Tiffin, OH	51
90	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	51
91	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	51
92	University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	48
93	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	48
94	University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA	48
95	Pace University New York, NY	48
96	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	48
97	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	48
98	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	48
99	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	45
100	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	45