Best programs to become an education administrator in New York
45 New York schools offer programs that train education administrators, kindergarten through secondary, graduating 2,162 people a year. The job pays a median of $138,830 in New York across about 19,210 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
BLS lists a master's degree as the typical entry-level education for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary. It also expects 5 years or more of related work experience. The fields of study that lead most directly to this job in New York are Educational Leadership and Administration; Superintendency and Educational System Administration; and Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision (IPEDS completions).
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary.
4 programs in New York that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in New York (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 New York page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 13.0401In New York → | 1,425 | 65.9% | 38 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 2 | CIP 13.0411In New York → | 451 | 20.9% | 18 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 3 | CIP 13.0404In New York → | 162 | 7.5% | 9 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 4 | CIP 13.0408In New York → | 124 | 5.7% | 5 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
Top 25 schools in New York
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 45 schools in this state.
All 45 schools in New York
Every school in New York 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank Street College of Education | New York | Private not-for-profit | 269 | 3 |
| Molloy University | Rockville Centre | Private not-for-profit | 252 | 2 |
| Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | Public | 175 | 2 |
| State University of New York at Plattsburgh | Plattsburgh | Public | 140 | 3 |
| CUNY Hunter College | New York | Public | 121 | 1 |
| Teachers College at Columbia University | New York | Private not-for-profit | 115 | 1 |
| Russell Sage College | Troy | Private not-for-profit | 97 | 1 |
| Long Island University | Brookville | Private not-for-profit | 73 | 2 |
| State University of New York at New Paltz | New Paltz | Public | 71 | 2 |
| Le Moyne College | Syracuse | Private not-for-profit | 64 | 2 |
| State University of New York at Cortland | Cortland | Public | 53 | 2 |
| Manhattanville University | Purchase | Private not-for-profit | 51 | 3 |
| Fordham University | Bronx | Private not-for-profit | 49 | 1 |
| New York University | New York | Private not-for-profit | 49 | 1 |
| St. John's University - New York | Queens | Private not-for-profit | 49 | 2 |
Fields of study in New York that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
What education administrators, kindergarten through secondary earn in New York
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $105,870. New York pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in New York
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 and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary page.
How to become an education administrator
- Typical entry education
- Master's degree
- Work experience needed
- 5 years or more
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in New York
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 7 majors mapped to Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary7 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 13.0401Educational Leadership and Administration, General
- 13.0404Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
- 13.0408Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship
- 13.0409Secondary School Administration/Principalship
- 13.0411Superintendency and Educational System Administration
- 13.0412International School Administration/Leadership
- 13.0414Early Childhood Program Administration
Common questions
Answers for people weighing education administrators, kindergarten through secondary programs in New York.
What degree do you need to become an education administrator?+
BLS lists a master's degree as the typical entry-level education for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary. It also expects 5 years or more of related work experience. The fields of study that lead most directly to this job in New York are Educational Leadership and Administration; Superintendency and Educational System Administration; and Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision (IPEDS completions).
Which college majors lead to becoming an education administrator?+
The fields of study that lead most directly to this job in New York are Educational Leadership and Administration; Superintendency and Educational System Administration; and Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision (IPEDS completions). In all, 4 feeder programs graduate about 2,162 people a year in New York (IPEDS completions).
How much do education administrators, kindergarten through secondary earn in New York?+
The median is $138,830 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 31.1% above the U.S. median of $105,870. 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, kindergarten through secondary growing?+
BLS projects a -1.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 20,800 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in New York?+
45 institutions in New York reported graduates from at least one of the 4 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.
What other job titles do education administrators, kindergarten through secondary work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Principal, Superintendent, Elementary Principal, Middle School Principal (MS Principal) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-9032.
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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