Educational Administration & Support
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Add ComparisonThe locations with the highest concentration of Educational Administration & Support degree recipients are Beaumont, TX, Indianapolis city (balance), IN, and Albany, NY. The locations with a relatively high number of Educational Administration & Support degree recipients are Fulton, MO, Beaumont, TX, and Lebanon, NH. The most common degree awarded to students studying Educational Administration & Support is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Educational Administration & Support and the types of students that study this field. Lamar University awards the most degrees in Educational Administration & Support in the US, but Paul Mitchell the School-San Jose (495077) and The College of Saint Rose have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Educational Administration & Support.
Tuition costs for Educational Administration & Support majors are, on average, $7,536 for in-state public colleges, and $32,660 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Educational Administration & Support programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (432 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (22,550 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Educational Administration & Support, is Public, 4-year or above (22,550 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Educational Administration & Support programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Lamar University has the most Educational Administration & Support degree recipients, with 2,210 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Educational Administration & Support.
Out of all institutions that offer Educational Administration & Support programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Paul Mitchell the School-San Jose (495077) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Educational Administration & Support, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Educational Administration & Support by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Educational Administration & Support.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Education graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Education majors is $56,900 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
The industry that employs the most Education majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The average salary for Education majors is $56,900 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Education majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Education majors working as Elementary & middle school teachers, Special education teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Education majors are Physicians, Surgeons, and Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.263%, from 5.05M in 2019 to 5.06M in 2020.
The largest single share of Education graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (35.7%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Education by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Child day care services.
The highest paying industries of Education majors, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Paperboard container manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.263%, from 5.05M in 2019 to 5.06M in 2020.
The industry which employs the most Education graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Education.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Education. The most common ages of employees with this major are 47 and 36 years old, which represent 2.63% and 2.44% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Educational Administration & Support are Masters Degree, Post-Masters Certificate, and Research Doctorate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Education are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Educational Administration & Support.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Educational Administration & Support for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Educational Administration & Support. White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in South Central Asia, not specified that hold Education degrees (3.72 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (52,077 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Educational Administration & Support field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Educational Administration & Support majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Educational Administration & Support majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, and Management of Personnel Resources.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Educational Administration & Support majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Monitoring are the three most important skills for people in the field.