2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary and Middle School Administration Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship is the 482nd most popular major in the country with 1,488 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 233 elementary & middle school administration/principalship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 97 elementary & middle school administration/principalship graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary and Middle School Administration Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in elementary & middle school administration/principalship. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their elementary & middle school administration/principalship program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary and Middle School Administration Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary and Middle School Administration Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilkes University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary and Middle School Administration Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 52 masters’s elementary and middle school administration degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Wilkes University Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship Report

2

Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rowan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary and Middle School Administration Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Glassboro, New Jersey, this fairly large public school handed out 45 degrees to qualified masters’s elementary and middle school administration students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship at Rowan University

3

Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary and Middle School Administration Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #3 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s elementary and middle school administration degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship at Trinity College

3

Touro College
New York, New York

Top 20% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary and Middle School Administration Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Touro College landed the #3 spot on the list. Touro College is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s elementary and middle school administration degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship at Touro

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SUNY New Paltz
New Paltz, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY New Paltz. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Elementary and Middle School Administration Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. SUNY New Paltz is a medium-sized school located in New Paltz, New York that handed out 49 masters’s elementary and middle school administration degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full SUNY New Paltz Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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