Pennsylvania·Management Occupations·SOC 11-9039

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

All education administrators not listed.

51 schools in Pennsylvania run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,765 people a year. The job pays a median of $95,190 in Pennsylvania across about 550 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
1,765
in Pennsylvania
Median pay · Pennsylvania
$95,190
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
550
people employed
Schools
51
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
62%
across those schools
Median net price
$24,175
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Pennsylvania that lead to this job

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

10 programs in Pennsylvania that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Pennsylvania (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 Pennsylvania page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
11,060
60.1%
42$37,480$23,000
2282
16.0%
19$37,480$23,000
3105
5.9%
10$43,506$25,000
4102
5.8%
7$37,480$23,000
596
5.4%
5$37,480$23,000
664
3.6%
9$37,480$23,000
723
1.3%
6$37,480$23,000
821
1.2%
2$37,480$23,000
98
0.5%
1$37,480$23,000
104
0.2%
1$37,480$23,000

Top 25 schools in Pennsylvania

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 8 of the 51 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 Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
241Educational Leadership and Administration, General97%$22,0555%
2Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
195Educational Leadership and Administration, General$78,43059%$23,70497%
3Pennsylvania Western University
California, PA Public · 4 feeder programs
139Educational Leadership and Administration, General52%94%
4Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
106Educational Leadership and Administration, General79%$34,41889%
5Immaculata University
Immaculata, PA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
101Educational Leadership and Administration, General71%$26,94186%
6Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs
94Educational Leadership and Administration, General78%$36,00479%
7West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA Public · 4 feeder programs
85Educational Leadership and Administration, General71%78%
8University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA Public · 5 feeder programs
65Educational Leadership and Administration, General85%58%
9Temple University
Philadelphia, PA Public · 5 feeder programs
60Higher Education/Higher Education Administration75%80%
10Pennsylvania State University - World Campus
University Park, PA Public · 2 feeder programs
55Higher Education/Higher Education Administration$100,73734%91%
11Gwynedd Mercy University
Gwynedd Valley, PA Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs
50Educational Leadership and Administration, General57%$25,84390%
12Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
44Educational Leadership and Administration, General63%$27,08291%
13Alvernia University
Reading, PA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
43Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management$52,74256%$27,68358%
14Neumann University
Aston, PA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
40Educational Administration and Supervision, Other54%$28,75381%
15Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA Public · 2 feeder programs
39Educational Leadership and Administration, General56%91%
16Delaware Valley University
Doylestown, PA Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
36Educational Leadership and Administration, General56%$25,40293%
17Holy Family University
Philadelphia, PA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
36Educational Leadership and Administration, General61%$12,16371%
18Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA Public · 1 feeder programs
34Educational Leadership and Administration, General54%93%
19Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
33Educational Leadership and Administration, General88%$26,91226%
20Gannon University
Erie, PA Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
27Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision66%$21,40974%
21Gratz College
Jenkintown, PA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
22Educational Leadership and Administration, General
22Arcadia University
Glenside, PA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
20Educational Leadership and Administration, General67%$23,79680%
23Eastern University
Saint Davids, PA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
16Educational Leadership and Administration, General54%$25,14691%
24Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus
University Park, PA Public · 2 feeder programs
15Higher Education/Higher Education Administration$100,73786%61%
25Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
14Higher Education/Higher Education Administration77%$32,06084%

All 51 schools in Pennsylvania

Every school in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPrivate not-for-profit2413
Point Park UniversityPittsburghPrivate not-for-profit1952
Pennsylvania Western UniversityCaliforniaPublic1394
Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaPrivate not-for-profit1062
Immaculata UniversityImmaculataPrivate not-for-profit1012
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphiaPrivate not-for-profit945
West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest ChesterPublic854
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh CampusPittsburghPublic655
Temple UniversityPhiladelphiaPublic605
Pennsylvania State University - World CampusUniversity ParkPublic552
Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd ValleyPrivate not-for-profit504
Wilkes UniversityWilkes-BarrePrivate not-for-profit442
Alvernia UniversityReadingPrivate not-for-profit432
Neumann UniversityAstonPrivate not-for-profit402
Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndianaPublic392

What education administrators, all other earn in Pennsylvania

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

Median annual in Pennsylvania
$95,190
Mean annual
$107,100
Jobs in state
550
What the range looks like
10th pct$59,250Median$95,19090th pct$164,380
Versus the national median
0.0%

U.S. median $95,200. Pennsylvania pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.26×

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

Metro areas in Pennsylvania

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
$124,920median
50 jobs
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
$95,190median
360 jobs
Pittsburgh, PA
avg
120 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 Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania.

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 1,060 degrees in Pennsylvania in 2024-25, 60.1% 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 10 programs to this occupation. The largest are Educational Administration and Supervision, Business Administration. Together they graduate about 1,765 people a year in Pennsylvania.

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

The median is $95,190 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.0% 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 Pennsylvania?+

51 institutions in Pennsylvania reported graduates from at least one of the 10 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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