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2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

14 Ranked Colleges
585 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 45,664 people earned their degree in educational administration, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, educational administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $59,025 and had an average of $38,048 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 585 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in educational administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great educational administration programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the educational administration program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree education admin students with aid.

Top 14 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Educational Administration (With Aid)

#1

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. University of Delaware is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,220 for bachelor’s degree education admin students with aid per year to attend University of Delaware.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 Educational Administration at University of Delaware

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,876 for bachelor’s degree education admin students with aid per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Read more about Educational Administration at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Lima Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Lima, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education admin degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State University - Lima Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio State University - Lima Campus is $13,059 for Bachelor’s Degree Education Admin students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Ohio State University - Lima Campus Educational Administration Report

Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Marion Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Ohio State University - Marion Campus is a small school located in Marion, Ohio that handed out 20 bachelors’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State University - Marion Campus also made our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #14. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio State University - Marion Campus is $12,567 for bachelor’s degree education admin students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 Ohio State University - Marion Campus Educational Administration Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Newark Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Ohio State University - Newark Campus is a small school located in Newark, Ohio that handed out 42 bachelors’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State University - Newark Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State University - Newark Campus is $15,900 for bachelor’s degree education admin students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Educational Administration at Ohio State University - Newark Campus

Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also made our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio State is $17,616 for Bachelor’s Degree Education Admin students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Educational Administration Report

Rasmussen University - Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Ocala, Florida, and it awarded 161 bachelors’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree education admin students with aid list, Rasmussen University - Florida has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $19,144 for Bachelor’s Degree Education Admin students with aid per year to attend Rasmussen University - Florida.

Read more about Educational Administration at Rasmussen University - Florida

#8

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio

With a ranking of #8, Cleveland State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Cleveland State University is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 17 bachelors’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cleveland State University, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cleveland State University is $17,278 for Bachelor’s Degree Education Admin students with aid.

Read more about Educational Administration at Cleveland State University

#9

Millikin University

Decatur, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

Millikin University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Millikin University is located in Decatur, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s education admin degrees to qualified students.

Millikin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Millikin University is $21,331 for bachelor’s degree education admin students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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Ohio State University - Mansfield Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Ohio State University - Mansfield Campus is located in Mansfield, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s education admin degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State University - Mansfield Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio State University - Mansfield Campus is $15,834 for Bachelor’s Degree Education Admin students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Educational Administration at Ohio State University - Mansfield Campus

#11

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, Florida
#15 in overall quality

With a ranking of #11, Saint Leo University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. St. Leo University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Leo, Florida that handed out 3 bachelors’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Leo University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #15 on our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Saint Leo University is $18,869 for Bachelor’s Degree Education Admin students with aid.

Read more about Educational Administration at St. Leo University

#12

Rivier University

Nashua, New Hampshire
#8 in overall quality

Rivier University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Rivier is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashua, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rivier also took the #8 spot in our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rivier University is $25,196 for bachelor’s degree education admin students with aid.

Read more about Educational Administration at Rivier University

#13

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Saint Joseph’s University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. St. Joe’s is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Joe’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $33,375 for Bachelor’s Degree Education Admin students with aid per year to attend Saint Joseph’s University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 full report on Educational Administration at St. Joe’s

#14

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

Belmont University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #14. Belmont University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Belmont not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $35,548 for bachelor’s degree education admin students with aid per year to attend Belmont University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Belmont University

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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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