Higher Education & Administration
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Higher Education & Administration degree recipients are Lynchburg, VA, Louisville, KY, and Hattiesburg, MS. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Higher Education & Administration degree recipients are Farmington, ME, Longmeadow, MA, and Leavenworth, KS. The most common degree awarded to students studying Higher Education & Administration is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Higher Education & Administration and the types of students that study this field. Liberty University awards the most degrees in Higher Education & Administration in the US, but Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses and University of Maine at Farmington have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Higher Education & Administration.
Tuition costs for Higher Education & Administration majors are, on average, $8,948 for in-state public colleges, and $39,490 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Higher Education & Administration programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (146 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (2,427 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Higher Education & Administration, is Public, 4-year or above (2,427 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Higher Education & Administration programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Liberty University has the most Higher Education & Administration degree recipients, with 318 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Higher Education & Administration.
Out of all institutions that offer Higher Education & Administration programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Higher Education & Administration, with 33.1%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Higher Education & Administration by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Education graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Education majors is $68,343 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
The industry that employs the most Education majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The average salary for Education majors is $68,343 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Education majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Education majors working as Elementary & middle school teachers, Special education teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Education majors are Surgeons, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, and Physicians.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.435%, from 5.15M in 2023 to 5.17M in 2024.
The largest single share of Education graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (30.6%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Education by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Child day care services.
The highest paying industries of Education majors, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, and Miscellaneous petroleum & coal products.
The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.435%, from 5.15M in 2023 to 5.17M in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Education graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Education.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Education majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Education. The most common ages of employees with this major are 44 and 40 years old, which represent 2.56% and 2.55% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Higher Education & Administration are Masters Degree, Research Doctorate, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Education are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Higher Education & Administration.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Higher Education & Administration for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Higher Education & Administration.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Europe that hold Education degrees (2.92 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (55,415 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Higher Education & Administration field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Higher Education & Administration majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Higher Education & Administration majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, and Management of Personnel Resources.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Higher Education & Administration majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.
