California·Management Occupations·SOC 11-9039

Best Education Administrator, All Other programs in California, ranked by enrollment

All education administrators not listed.

58 schools in California run programs that feed this job, graduating 2,351 people a year. The job pays a median of $99,650 in California across about 11,480 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
2,351
in California
Median pay · California
$99,650
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
11,480
people employed
Schools
58
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
65%
across those schools
Median net price
$26,504
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in California that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

6 programs in California that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in California (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own California page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
11,773
75.4%
51$37,480$23,000
2305
13.0%
18$37,480$23,000
3163
6.9%
4$37,480$23,000
475
3.2%
6$43,506$25,000
529
1.2%
2$37,480$23,000
66
0.3%
1$37,480$23,000

Top 25 schools in California

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 58 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs
347Educational Leadership and Administration, General92%$26,87310%
2Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
201Urban Education and Leadership79%$36,48845%
3National University
San Diego, CA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
118Educational Leadership and Administration, General43%$31,817
4Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
116Educational Leadership and Administration, General83%$41,98663%
5University of San Diego
San Diego, CA Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
101Educational Leadership and Administration, General84%$26,03552%
6Concordia University - Irvine
Irvine, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
99Educational Leadership and Administration, General58%$26,60966%
7California State University - Fullerton
Fullerton, CA Public · 2 feeder programs
89Higher Education/Higher Education Administration70%91%
8Northcentral University
San Diego, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
88Educational Leadership and Administration, General
9California State University - Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA Public · 2 feeder programs
76Educational Leadership and Administration, General43%93%
10University of Massachusetts Global
Aliso Viejo, CA Public · 2 feeder programs
66Educational Leadership and Administration, General43%
11University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs
54Educational Leadership and Administration, General70%$37,12162%
12San Diego State University
San Diego, CA Public · 1 feeder programs
51Educational Leadership and Administration, General76%36%
13Humphreys University
Stockton, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
49Higher Education/Higher Education Administration62%$11,410
14California State University - East Bay
Hayward, CA Public · 1 feeder programs
46Educational Leadership and Administration, General48%97%
15California State University - Fresno
Fresno, CA Public · 2 feeder programs
45Educational Leadership and Administration, General57%95%
16San Jose State University
San Jose, CA Public · 2 feeder programs
45Educational Leadership and Administration, General69%85%
17California State University - Stanislaus
Turlock, CA Public · 1 feeder programs
42Educational Leadership and Administration, General53%98%
18California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
38Educational Leadership and Administration, General70%$23,12976%
19California State University - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA Public · 1 feeder programs
36Educational Leadership and Administration, General53%91%
20San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA Public · 1 feeder programs
36Educational Leadership and Administration, General50%96%
21California State University - San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA Public · 1 feeder programs
34Educational Leadership and Administration, General55%94%
22High Tech High Graduate School of Education
San Diego, CA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
33Educational Leadership and Administration, General
23Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
32Educational Leadership and Administration, General62%$20,68688%
24California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, CA Public · 1 feeder programs
31Educational Leadership and Administration, General69%46%
25California State University - Northridge
Northridge, CA Public · 2 feeder programs
31Educational Leadership and Administration, General57%93%

All 58 schools in California

Every school in California with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in California that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesPrivate not-for-profit3474
Loyola Marymount UniversityLos AngelesPrivate not-for-profit2013
National UniversitySan DiegoPrivate not-for-profit1182
Pepperdine UniversityMalibuPrivate not-for-profit1162
University of San DiegoSan DiegoPrivate not-for-profit1013
Concordia University - IrvineIrvinePrivate not-for-profit991
California State University - FullertonFullertonPublic892
Northcentral UniversitySan DiegoPrivate not-for-profit881
California State University - Dominguez HillsCarsonPublic762
University of Massachusetts GlobalAliso ViejoPublic662
University of San FranciscoSan FranciscoPrivate not-for-profit544
San Diego State UniversitySan DiegoPublic511
Humphreys UniversityStocktonPrivate not-for-profit491
California State University - East BayHaywardPublic461
California State University - FresnoFresnoPublic452

What education administrators, all other earn in California

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in California
$99,650
Mean annual
$111,090
Jobs in state
11,480
What the range looks like
10th pct$61,970Median$99,65090th pct$179,970
Versus the national median
+4.7%

U.S. median $95,200. California pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.78×

Concentrated here: California employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in California

Visalia, CA
$157,490median
80 jobs
Modesto, CA
$150,500median
90 jobs
Merced, CA
$128,210median
30 jobs
Chico, CA
$118,930median
50 jobs
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
$109,890median
80 jobs
Salinas, CA
$105,050median
110 jobs
Stockton-Lodi, CA
$118,350median
140 jobs
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
$107,890median
1,080 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.5%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
4,100
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
1,500
60,200 → 61,700
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Education Administrators, All Other page.

How to become a Education Administrator, All Other

Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Work experience needed
Less than 5 years

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in California

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 11 majors mapped to Education Administrators, All Other11 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 13.0401Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • 13.0402Administration of Special Education
  • 13.0403Adult and Continuing Education Administration
  • 13.0404Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
  • 13.0406Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • 13.0410Urban Education and Leadership
  • 13.0411Superintendency and Educational System Administration
  • 13.0412International School Administration/Leadership
  • 13.0413Education Entrepreneurship
  • 13.0499Educational Administration and Supervision, Other
  • 52.0206Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Common questions

Answers for people weighing education administrators, all other programs in California.

What degree do you need to become an Education Administrator, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Educational Leadership and Administration, General, which awarded 1,773 degrees in California in 2024-25, 75.4% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Education Administrator, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 6 programs to this occupation. The largest are Educational Administration and Supervision, Business Administration. Together they graduate about 2,351 people a year in California.

How much do education administrators, all other earn in California?+

The median is $99,650 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 4.7% above the U.S. median of $95,200. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for education administrators, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +2.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 4,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in California?+

58 institutions in California reported graduates from at least one of the 6 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+

BLS lists 'Less than 5 years' for related work experience and 'None' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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