Kansas·Management Occupations·SOC 11-9039

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

All education administrators not listed.

13 schools in Kansas run programs that feed this job, graduating 465 people a year. The job pays a median of $117,810 in Kansas across about 280 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
465
in Kansas
Median pay · Kansas
$117,810
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
280
people employed
Schools
13
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
54%
across those schools
Median net price
$22,730
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Kansas that lead to this job

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

6 programs in Kansas that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Kansas (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 Kansas page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 13.0401In Kansas
397
85.4%
12$37,480$23,000
2
CIP 13.0406In Kansas
24
5.2%
3$37,480$23,000
3
CIP 13.0411In Kansas
20
4.3%
1$37,480$23,000
4
CIP 13.0499In Kansas
14
3.0%
1$37,480$23,000
5
CIP 13.0403In Kansas
9
1.9%
1$37,480$23,000
6
CIP 52.0206In Kansas
1
0.2%
1$43,506$25,000

Top 13 schools in Kansas

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 13 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Emporia State University
Emporia, KS Public · 1 feeder programs
136Educational Leadership and Administration, General56%98%
2Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS Public · 2 feeder programs
78Educational Leadership and Administration, General71%82%
3Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, KS Public · 2 feeder programs
66Educational Leadership and Administration, General57%89%
4Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS Public · 1 feeder programs
55Educational Leadership and Administration, General48%90%
5University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS Public · 3 feeder programs
46Educational Leadership and Administration, General69%93%
6Baker University
Baldwin City, KS Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
34Educational Leadership and Administration, General58%$21,40494%
7Wichita State University
Wichita, KS Public · 1 feeder programs
30Educational Leadership and Administration, General51%94%
8Benedictine College
Atchison, KS Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Educational Leadership and Administration, General62%$24,82698%
9Southwestern College
Winfield, KS Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Educational Leadership and Administration, General36%$26,86876%
10University of Saint Mary
Leavenworth, KS Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Higher Education/Higher Education Administration48%$22,73087%
11Newman University
Wichita, KS Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Educational Leadership and Administration, General53%$18,52074%
12Washburn University
Topeka, KS Public · 2 feeder programs
2Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management$48,58953%
13Ottawa University - Online
Overland Park, KS Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Educational Leadership and Administration, General43%

All 13 schools in Kansas

Every school in Kansas 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 Kansas that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Emporia State UniversityEmporiaPublic1361
Kansas State UniversityManhattanPublic782
Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburgPublic662
Fort Hays State UniversityHaysPublic551
University of KansasLawrencePublic463
Baker UniversityBaldwin CityPrivate not-for-profit342
Wichita State UniversityWichitaPublic301
Benedictine CollegeAtchisonPrivate not-for-profit51
Southwestern CollegeWinfieldPrivate not-for-profit51
University of Saint MaryLeavenworthPrivate not-for-profit51
Newman UniversityWichitaPrivate not-for-profit21
Washburn UniversityTopekaPublic22
Ottawa University - OnlineOverland ParkPrivate not-for-profit11

What education administrators, all other earn in Kansas

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

Median annual in Kansas
$117,810
Mean annual
$114,260
Jobs in state
280
What the range looks like
10th pct$60,990Median$117,81090th pct$161,890
Versus the national median
+23.8%

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

Job concentration
0.55×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Kansas

Wichita, KS
$111,060median
60 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 Kansas

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 Kansas.

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 397 degrees in Kansas in 2024-25, 85.4% 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 465 people a year in Kansas.

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

The median is $117,810 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 23.8% 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 Kansas?+

13 institutions in Kansas 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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