Educational Administration Degrees

Detailed profiles of schools for Educational Administration from the EdRef college search portal.

Educational Administration programs endeavor to prepare educational leaders with the skills and knowledge to design and build effective learning communities. Major emphasis is typically placed on ethical leadership, the advancement of knowledge, and service to education institutions and society. Students study such topics as educational psychology, educational issue analysis, finance communications, law, planning and evaluation, administration of schools, and program development. The goal is to produce administrators who are efficient managers as well as ethical leaders.

Programs inform students on the concepts and tools necessary to deal with the wide range of academic challenges faced in the educational landscape today. They are tailored to either professionals who are currently working in the field of educational administration or those who wish to enter the profession. Programs are extremely interdisciplinary and include studies of psychology, political science, economics, and sociology. The function and processes of educational administration are tackled in an in-depth way.