Best Education Administrator, All Other programs in Massachusetts, ranked by enrollment
All education administrators not listed.
25 schools in Massachusetts run programs that feed this job, graduating 970 people a year. The job pays a median of $86,540 in Massachusetts across about 1,200 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Massachusetts that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
5 programs in Massachusetts that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Massachusetts (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 Massachusetts page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 13.0401In Massachusetts → | 648 | 66.8% | 19 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 2 | CIP 52.0206In Massachusetts → | 164 | 16.9% | 8 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 3 | CIP 13.0406In Massachusetts → | 140 | 14.4% | 10 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 4 | CIP 13.0402In Massachusetts → | 9 | 0.9% | 1 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 5 | CIP 13.0410In Massachusetts → | 9 | 0.9% | 2 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
Top 25 schools in Massachusetts
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 25 schools in this state.
All 25 schools in Massachusetts
Every school in Massachusetts 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.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston University | Boston | Private not-for-profit | 119 | 2 |
| Fitchburg State University | Fitchburg | Public | 111 | 1 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Private not-for-profit | 97 | 2 |
| Salem State University | Salem | Public | 77 | 2 |
| University of Massachusetts - Lowell | Lowell | Public | 60 | 2 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham | Private not-for-profit | 58 | 2 |
| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater | Public | 58 | 2 |
| Northeastern University Professional Programs | Boston | Private not-for-profit | 58 | 3 |
| Bay Path University | Longmeadow | Private not-for-profit | 50 | 3 |
| Worcester State University | Worcester | Public | 46 | 2 |
| University of Massachusetts - Amherst | Amherst | Public | 41 | 2 |
| Framingham State University | Framingham | Public | 31 | 1 |
| American International College | Springfield | Private not-for-profit | 27 | 1 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge | Private not-for-profit | 27 | 1 |
| Merrimack College | North Andover | Private not-for-profit | 26 | 2 |
What education administrators, all other earn in Massachusetts
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $95,200. Massachusetts pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Massachusetts
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
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 Massachusetts
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 Massachusetts.
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 648 degrees in Massachusetts in 2024-25, 66.8% 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 5 programs to this occupation. The largest are Educational Administration and Supervision, Business Administration. Together they graduate about 970 people a year in Massachusetts.
How much do education administrators, all other earn in Massachusetts?+
The median is $86,540 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 9.1% below 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 Massachusetts?+
25 institutions in Massachusetts reported graduates from at least one of the 5 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.
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 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected 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 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, 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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