North Dakota·Management Occupations·SOC 11-9039

Best Education Administrator, All Other programs in North Dakota, ranked by enrollment

All education administrators not listed.

4 schools in North Dakota run programs that feed this job, graduating 141 people a year. The job pays a median of $101,870 in North Dakota across about 190 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
141
in North Dakota
Median pay · North Dakota
$101,870
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
190
people employed
Schools
4
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
58%
across those schools
Median net price
$16,753
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in North Dakota that lead to this job

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

6 programs in North Dakota that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in North Dakota (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 North Dakota page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
149
34.8%
4$37,480$23,000
232
22.7%
1$37,480$23,000
330
21.3%
1$37,480$23,000
422
15.6%
1$37,480$23,000
54
2.8%
1$37,480$23,000
64
2.8%
1$43,506$25,000

Top 4 schools in North Dakota

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 4 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 Mary
Bismarck, ND Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
57Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision67%$16,75375%
2University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND Public · 4 feeder programs
55Educational Administration and Supervision, Other60%77%
3North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, ND Public · 1 feeder programs
20Educational Leadership and Administration, General64%95%
4Turtle Mountain College
Belcourt, ND Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
9Educational Leadership and Administration, General43%$3,883

All 4 schools in North Dakota

Every school in North Dakota 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 North Dakota that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of MaryBismarckPrivate not-for-profit573
University of North DakotaGrand ForksPublic554
North Dakota State University - Main CampusFargoPublic201
Turtle Mountain CollegeBelcourtPrivate not-for-profit91

What education administrators, all other earn in North Dakota

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

Median annual in North Dakota
$101,870
Mean annual
$99,760
Jobs in state
190
What the range looks like
10th pct$64,670Median$101,87090th pct$126,240
Versus the national median
+7.0%

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

Job concentration
1.23×

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

Metro areas in North Dakota

Bismarck, ND
$86,810median
40 jobs
Fargo, ND-MN
$92,440median
50 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 North Dakota

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 North Dakota.

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 49 degrees in North Dakota in 2024-25, 34.8% 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 6 programs to this occupation. The largest are Educational Administration and Supervision, Business Administration. Together they graduate about 141 people a year in North Dakota.

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

The median is $101,870 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 7.0% 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 North Dakota?+

4 institutions in North Dakota 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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