2025 Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana

Educational Administration is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #6 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 487 master's degrees in educational administration during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Educational Administration School for Your Master's Degree

The education admin master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on educational administration students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of educational administration students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for educational administration to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized educational administration related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for educational administration students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Educational Administration Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Educational Administration in Louisiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in educational administration.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Master's in Education Admin

1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

36 Annual Graduates

$60,719 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in educational administration has to check out Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the city of Baton Rouge.

Those educational administration students who get their master's degree from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College earn $6,424 more than the average education admin student.

More information about a master’s in educational administration from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

2

Louisiana State University - Shreveport
Shreveport, LA

195 Annual Graduates

Louisiana State University - Shreveport is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in educational administration. Located in the midsize city of Shreveport, Louisiana State University - Shreveport is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in educational administration from Louisiana State University - Shreveport

3

University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA

71 Annual Graduates

$55,614 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in educational administration has to check out University of Louisiana at Monroe. ULM is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Monroe.

Students who graduate with their master's from the education admin program state that they receive average early career wages of $55,614.

More information about a master’s in educational administration from University of Louisiana at Monroe

4

Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, LA

44 Annual Graduates

$50,546 Median Starting Salary

Nicholls State University is a great decision for students interested in a master's degree in educational administration. Located in the city of Thibodaux, Nicholls State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

After graduating, education admin master's recipients typically make around $50,546 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in educational administration from Nicholls State University

5

Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA

43 Annual Graduates

$52,750 Median Starting Salary

Southeastern is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Hammond.

Students who graduate with their master's from the education admin program state that they receive average early career earnings of $52,750.

More information about a master’s in educational administration from Southeastern Louisiana University

6

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

10 Annual Graduates

UNO is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of New Orleans.More information about a master’s in educational administration from University of New Orleans

Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Educational Administration Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	1,165
Georgia	190	399
Virginia	182	880
North Carolina	178	691
Tennessee	166	537
Alabama	151	338
Kentucky	147	703
South Carolina	146	253
Mississippi	145	625
Arkansas	121	521
West Virginia	112	147

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Rankings in Majors Related to Education Admin

One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, Educational Administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Admin Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration	484
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	3

Majors Similar to Education Admin

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction	388
Student Counseling	180
Teacher Education Grade Specific	176
General Education	124
Special Education	39
Teacher Education Subject Specific	34
Other Education	23
Instructional Media Design	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.