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Educational Administration

Education · federal classification: Educational Administration and Supervision

Educational Administration graduates with a bachelor's typically earned about $54,184, measured a few years after finishing (median across US programs, College Scorecard).
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Median earnings by degree level

Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Bachelor's median $54,184, $43,571 to $64,364; Post-bacc cert median $94,722, $89,158 to $108,998; Grad cert median $89,656, $75,523 to $99,388; Master's median $70,026, $63,150 to $78,475; Doctoral median $101,272, $88,889 to $114,920; First prof median $74,065, $67,540 to $83,868; Non-credential median $92,679, $78,455 to $99,716.$44k$79k$115kBachelor's$54,184Post-bacc cert$94,722Grad cert$89,656Master's$70,026Doctoral$101,272First prof$74,065Non-credential$92,679
Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Bachelor's median $54,184, $43,571 to $64,364; Post-bacc cert median $94,722, $89,158 to $108,998; Grad cert median $89,656, $75,523 to $99,388; Master's median $70,026, $63,150 to $78,475; Doctoral median $101,272, $88,889 to $114,920; First prof median $74,065, $67,540 to $83,868; Non-credential median $92,679, $78,455 to $99,716.$44k$79k$115kBachelor's$54,184Post-bacc cert$94,722Grad cert$89,656Master's$70,026Doctoral$101,272First prof$74,065Non-credential$92,679
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Bachelor's Degree$54,184$43,571 to $64,36410100%
Post-baccalaureate Certificate$94,722$89,158 to $108,99811100%
Graduate/Professional Certificate$89,656$75,523 to $99,38843100%
Master's Degree$70,026$63,150 to $78,475467100%
Doctoral Degree$101,272$88,889 to $114,920174100%
First Professional Degree$74,065$67,540 to $83,86812100%
Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)$92,679$78,455 to $99,7168100%

"Clear the bar" is the share of programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test). Typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile of program medians.

Job outlook

Projected employment growth +2% (2025 to 2035), about 48,300 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$105,870-0.3%20,600
Education Administrators, Postsecondary$104,590+1.8%14,500
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$59,300-3.1%5,200
Training and Development Managers$133,000+6.4%4,100
Education Administrators, All Other$95,200+1.6%3,900

Occupation pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wages, Employment Projections). A field maps to several occupations, and the same occupations serve many majors, so these are the jobs this major commonly leads to, not positions reserved for its graduates; the openings should not be added up across majors.

Where this is studied

The 8 colleges where the most students complete a educational administration program, of 838 that report one. Ordered by number of completions only: this is where people study it, not a judgement about where to.

Earnings source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10), median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.