Most Popular Schools for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the principles and practice of administration in four-year colleges, universities and higher education systems, the study of higher education as an object of applied research, and which may prepare individuals to function as administrators in such settings. Includes instruction in higher education economics and finance; policy and planning studies; curriculum; faculty and labor relations; higher education law; college student services; research on higher education; institutional research; marketing and promotion; and issues of evaluation, accountability and philosophy.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	University of Louisville	167	4%	$27,980
2	Walden University	123	1%	$13,020
3	Stony Brook University	96	1%	$26,091
4	Kent State University at Kent	81	1%	$25,886
5	Georgia Southern University	67	1%	$23,014
6	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	62	2%	$15,828
7	Arizona State University-Tempe	58	0%	$28,048
8	Capella University	57	1%	$15,011
9	Florida International University	57	0%	$23,506
10	Boston College	54	1%	$73,092
11	Eastern Michigan University	54	1%	$26,196
12	University of Pennsylvania	53	1%	$74,408
13	Drexel University	51	1%	$70,223
14	University of Virginia-Main Campus	48	1%	$33,493
15	Grand Valley State University	48	1%	$24,948
16	Teachers College at Columbia University	48	3%	N/A
17	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	46	0%	$30,298
18	Purdue University Global-Davenport	46	1%	$14,343
19	University of Central Missouri	44	1%	$19,953
20	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	44	1%	$32,681
21	Iowa State University	41	1%	$21,186
22	Merrimack College	41	4%	$60,055
23	University of Mississippi	41	1%	$25,436
24	Sierra Nevada College	40	16%	$51,198
25	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	39	1%	$26,231
26	Michigan State University	39	0%	$28,862
27	George Washington University	39	0%	$71,930
28	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	37	2%	$17,514
29	Tiffin University	36	4%	$40,200
30	University at Buffalo	33	0%	$27,758
31	Loyola University Chicago	33	1%	$61,328
32	University of San Diego	32	1%	$67,498
33	SUNY Buffalo State	31	1%	$25,846
34	Florida State University	30	0%	$22,168
35	Southeast Missouri State University	30	1%	$21,570
36	Hofstra University	29	1%	$63,748
37	The University of Texas at San Antonio	29	0%	$23,715
38	Bay Path University	28	3%	$50,524
39	Salem State University	28	1%	$27,384
40	University of Southern California	28	0%	$74,825
41	University of Miami	28	1%	$68,460
42	Northwestern University	28	0%	$74,649
43	Binghamton University	27	1%	$26,866
44	Seattle University	26	1%	$61,608
45	Sam Houston State University	25	1%	$22,478
46	University of Kansas	25	0%	$26,566
47	Nova Southeastern University	24	1%	$50,597
48	University of Denver	24	1%	$67,656
49	University of North Texas	23	0%	$24,712
50	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville	23	1%	$25,637
51	Appalachian State University	22	0%	$19,194
52	Abilene Christian University	22	2%	$49,722
53	University of St Thomas	22	1%	$56,664
54	National University	22	0%	$15,024
55	University of San Francisco	21	1%	$68,296
56	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	21	0%	$24,035
57	University of Arizona	20	0%	$29,217
58	Geneva College	20	5%	$39,450
59	Canisius College	20	2%	$42,288
60	Vanderbilt University	20	1%	$70,146
61	Texas State University	19	0%	$23,130
62	University of Connecticut	19	0%	$32,404
63	University of Toledo	19	0%	$28,423
64	Messiah College	19	2%	$49,280
65	Taylor University	19	5%	$47,228
66	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	18	0%	$23,977
67	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	18	0%	$26,834
68	Oakland University	18	0%	$25,524
69	Suffolk University	18	1%	$57,871
70	University of Northern Colorado	17	1%	$25,494
71	University of Arkansas	17	0%	$25,500
72	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	16	0%	$21,297
73	Lewis & Clark College	16	2%	$66,526
74	Baldwin Wallace University	16	2%	$47,528
75	University of West Alabama	16	1%	$21,841
76	Missouri State University-Springfield	15	0%	$21,782
77	Northeastern State University	15	1%	$17,666
78	West Virginia University	15	0%	$23,294
79	Baylor University	15	0%	$62,527
80	Adams State University	15	1%	$22,708
81	Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix	15	0%	$29,984
82	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	14	0%	$29,367
83	University of Vermont	14	0%	$34,210
84	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus	14	1%	$58,188
85	William Paterson University of New Jersey	13	1%	$29,335
86	Dakota Wesleyan University	13	6%	$37,840
87	Dallas Baptist University	13	1%	$41,170
88	Lansing Community College	13	0%	$4,330
89	University of Portland	13	1%	$62,200
90	University of Redlands	13	1%	$68,922
91	University of Akron Main Campus	13	0%	$27,279
92	Concordia University-Chicago	12	1%	$44,426
93	Central Michigan University	12	0%	$24,889
94	University of Dayton	12	0%	$59,230
95	Texas A & M University-Commerce	12	0%	$22,983
96	Central Washington University	12	0%	$23,201
97	Loyola Marymount University	12	0%	$67,369
98	University of Iowa	11	0%	$24,239
99	Syracuse University	11	0%	$70,636
100	University of North Florida	11	0%	$21,384

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Higher Education/Higher Education Administration program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.