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2025 Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Schools in the Great Lakes Region

53 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
4,702 Educational Leadership and Administration Degrees Awarded
General Educational Leadership & Administration is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #32 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 53 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,702 degrees in general educational leadership & administration annually.

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Choosing a Great General Educational Leadership & Administration School

Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Schools in the Great Lakes Region Your choice of general educational leadership & administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general educational leadership & administration schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

General Educational Leadership & Administration Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Educational Leadership and Administration
Master's Degrees in Educational Leadership and Administration
Doctor's Degrees in Educational Leadership and Administration

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for General Educational Leadership & Administration in the Great Lakes Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the educational leadership and administration degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Educational Leadership and Administration

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL
371 Educational Leadership and Administration Degrees Awarded

Every student who is interested in general educational leadership & administration has to take a look at Concordia University, Chicago. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of River Forest. A Best Colleges rank of #125 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Concordia University, Chicago is a great university overall.

There were about 371 general educational leadership & administration students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
13th Most Popular In IL
52 Educational Leadership and Administration Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in general educational leadership & administration has to take a look at Illinois State University. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #210 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Illinois State is a great university overall.

There were about 52 general educational leadership & administration students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent data year.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In IN
114 Educational Leadership and Administration Degrees Awarded

Ball State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general educational leadership & administration. Ball State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Muncie. A Best Colleges rank of #181 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ball State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 114 general educational leadership & administration students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent data year.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In IN
33 Educational Leadership and Administration Degrees Awarded

Indiana University - Bloomington is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general educational leadership & administration. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.

There were roughly 33 general educational leadership & administration students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent data year.

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5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
14th Most Popular In IL
48 Educational Leadership and Administration Degrees Awarded

NIU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Dekalb. This university ranks 20th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were roughly 48 general educational leadership & administration students who graduated with this degree at NIU in the most recent data year.

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6
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
17th Most Popular In IL

Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.

There were roughly 6 general educational leadership & administration students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.

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Butler University
Indianapolis, IN
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
9th Most Popular In IN

Butler is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Indianapolis. This university ranks 10th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.

There were about 20 general educational leadership & administration students who graduated with this degree at Butler in the most recent data year.

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Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
11th Most Popular In WI
34.6% Growth in Graduates

Alverno is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Milwaukee. This college ranks 21st out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.

There were approximately 26 general educational leadership & administration students who graduated with this degree at Alverno in the most recent year we have data available.

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9
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MI
74 Educational Leadership and Administration Degrees Awarded

Eastern Michigan is a large public university located in the suburb of Ypsilanti. This university ranks 15th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.

There were approximately 74 general educational leadership & administration students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent data year.

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10
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In IL
94 Educational Leadership and Administration Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 12th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were about 94 general educational leadership & administration students who graduated with this degree at NLU in the most recent data year.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for General Educational Leadership & Administration students in the Great Lakes Region that almost earned our Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Bradley University Peoria, IL
12 University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Cincinnati, OH
13 Miami University - Oxford Oxford, OH
14 University of Dayton Dayton, OH
15 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
16 Aurora University Aurora, IL
17 Ashland University Ashland, OH

Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best general educational leadership & administration schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Ohio 939 496
Michigan 915 387
Illinois 870 1,091
Indiana 737 1,734
Wisconsin 672 526

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One of 13 majors within the Educational Administration area of study, General Educational Leadership & Administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Educational Leadership and Administration

Related Major Annual Graduates
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 820
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision 412
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 222
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship 136
Superintendency & Educational System Administration 131
Urban Education & Leadership 99
Secondary School Administration/Principalship 86
Adult & Continuing Education Administration 69
Community College Education 47
Administration of Special Education 30

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