2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Pennsylvania

If you pursue a doctor's degree in higher education/higher education administration, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #43 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 58 doctor's degrees in higher education/higher education administration during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Higher Education/Higher Education Administration School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in higher education/higher education administration matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Pennsylvania ranking.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality higher education/higher education administration program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for higher education/higher education administration.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in higher education/higher education administration.

Most Well Attended Schools for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

21 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Pennsylvania is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in higher education/higher education administration. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in higher education/higher education administration in Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 21 higher education/higher education administration individuals who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.

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2

Gwynedd Mercy University
Gwynedd Valley, PA

18 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in higher education/higher education administration has to check out Gwynedd Mercy University. Located in the large suburb of Gwynedd Valley, Gwynedd - Mercy is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in higher education/higher education administration in Pennsylvania.

There were about 18 higher education/higher education administration students who graduated with this degree at Gwynedd - Mercy in the most recent data year.

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3

Immaculata University
Immaculata, PA

8 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Immaculata University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in higher education/higher education administration. Immaculata is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Immaculata. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in higher education/higher education administration in Pennsylvania.

There were approximately 8 higher education/higher education administration students who graduated with this degree at Immaculata in the most recent data year.

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4

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Temple University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in higher education/higher education administration. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in higher education/higher education administration in Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 7 higher education/higher education administration individuals who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.

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5

Widener University
Chester, PA

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#5 Best Quality In PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the suburb of Chester, Widener is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #5 in quality for doctor's degrees in higher education/higher education administration in Pennsylvania.

There were about 4 higher education/higher education administration individuals who graduated with this degree at Widener in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	374	16
Maryland	179	3
New Jersey	158	20
District of Columbia	144	10
Delaware	48	21

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Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Related Rankings by Major

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration is one of 12 different types of Educational Administration programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration	357
Superintendency & Educational System Administration	15
Administration of Special Education	5
International School Administration/Leadership	4

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).
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