Best Education Administrator, All Other programs in Tennessee, ranked by enrollment
All education administrators not listed.
25 schools in Tennessee run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,417 people a year. The job pays a median of $118,330 in Tennessee across about 720 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Tennessee that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
8 programs in Tennessee that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Tennessee (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 Tennessee page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 13.0401In Tennessee → | 835 | 58.9% | 20 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 2 | CIP 13.0404In Tennessee → | 203 | 14.3% | 5 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 3 | CIP 13.0406In Tennessee → | 182 | 12.8% | 6 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 4 | CIP 13.0499In Tennessee → | 140 | 9.9% | 3 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 5 | CIP 52.0206In Tennessee → | 45 | 3.2% | 7 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 6 | CIP 13.0410In Tennessee → | 7 | 0.5% | 1 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 7 | CIP 13.0411In Tennessee → | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
| 8 | CIP 13.0403In Tennessee → | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | $37,480 | $23,000 |
Top 25 schools in Tennessee
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 25 schools in this state.
All 25 schools in Tennessee
Every school in Tennessee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Peay State University | Clarksville | Public | 210 | 2 |
| Carson - Newman University | Jefferson City | Private not-for-profit | 189 | 2 |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | Nashville | Private not-for-profit | 161 | 3 |
| Lincoln Memorial University | Harrogate | Private not-for-profit | 145 | 2 |
| South College | Knoxville | Private for-profit | 135 | 2 |
| East Tennessee State University | Johnson City | Public | 81 | 3 |
| Lipscomb University | Nashville | Private not-for-profit | 75 | 1 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Private not-for-profit | 65 | 3 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis | Public | 60 | 3 |
| Union University | Jackson | Private not-for-profit | 52 | 3 |
| The University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Knoxville | Public | 46 | 2 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville | Public | 39 | 2 |
| The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga | Chattanooga | Public | 32 | 1 |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | Public | 21 | 1 |
| The University of Tennessee - Martin | Martin | Public | 21 | 1 |
What education administrators, all other earn in Tennessee
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $95,200. Tennessee pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Tennessee
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 Tennessee
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 Tennessee.
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 835 degrees in Tennessee in 2024-25, 58.9% 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 8 programs to this occupation. The largest are Educational Administration and Supervision, Business Administration. Together they graduate about 1,417 people a year in Tennessee.
How much do education administrators, all other earn in Tennessee?+
The median is $118,330 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 24.3% 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 Tennessee?+
25 institutions in Tennessee reported graduates from at least one of the 8 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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