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	Grand Valley State University	48	1%	$24,948
15	University of Virginia-Main Campus	48	1%	$33,493
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	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	44	1%	$32,681
20	University of Central Missouri	44	1%	$19,953
21	Merrimack College	41	4%	$60,055
22	University of Mississippi	41	1%	$25,436
23	Iowa State University	41	1%	$21,186
24	Sierra Nevada College	40	16%	$51,198
25	Michigan State University	39	0%	$28,862
26	George Washington University	39	0%	$71,930
27	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	39	1%	$26,231
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	The University of Texas at San Antonio	29	0%	$23,715
37	Hofstra University	29	1%	$63,748
38	Salem State University	28	1%	$27,384
39	Bay Path University	28	3%	$50,524
40	University of Miami	28	1%	$68,460
41	University of Southern California	28	0%	$74,825
42	Northwestern University	28	0%	$74,649
43	Binghamton University	27	1%	$26,866
44	Seattle University	26	1%	$61,608
45	University of Kansas	25	0%	$26,566
46	Sam Houston State University	25	1%	$22,478
47	University of Denver	24	1%	$67,656
48	Nova Southeastern University	24	1%	$50,597
49	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville	23	1%	$25,637
50	University of North Texas	23	0%	$24,712
51	University of St Thomas	22	1%	$56,664
52	Appalachian State University	22	0%	$19,194
53	Abilene Christian University	22	2%	$49,722
54	National University	22	0%	$15,024
55	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	21	0%	$24,035
56	University of San Francisco	21	1%	$68,296
57	Geneva College	20	5%	$39,450
58	Vanderbilt University	20	1%	$70,146
59	Canisius College	20	2%	$42,288
60	University of Arizona	20	0%	$29,217
61	Taylor University	19	5%	$47,228
62	Texas State University	19	0%	$23,130
63	University of Connecticut	19	0%	$32,404
64	University of Toledo	19	0%	$28,423
65	Messiah College	19	2%	$49,280
66	Suffolk University	18	1%	$57,871
67	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	18	0%	$23,977
68	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	18	0%	$26,834
69	Oakland University	18	0%	$25,524
70	University of Arkansas	17	0%	$25,500
71	University of Northern Colorado	17	1%	$25,494
72	University of West Alabama	16	1%	$21,841
73	Baldwin Wallace University	16	2%	$47,528
74	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	16	0%	$21,297
75	Lewis & Clark College	16	2%	$66,526
76	West Virginia University	15	0%	$23,294
77	Northeastern State University	15	1%	$17,666
78	Baylor University	15	0%	$62,527
79	Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix	15	0%	$29,984
80	Missouri State University-Springfield	15	0%	$21,782
81	Adams State University	15	1%	$22,708
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	University of Portland	13	1%	$62,200
87	University of Redlands	13	1%	$68,922
88	Dallas Baptist University	13	1%	$41,170
89	Dakota Wesleyan University	13	6%	$37,840
90	University of Akron Main Campus	13	0%	$27,279
91	Lansing Community College	13	0%	$4,330
92	Loyola Marymount University	12	0%	$67,369
93	Texas A & M University-Commerce	12	0%	$22,983
94	University of Dayton	12	0%	$59,230
95	Central Washington University	12	0%	$23,201
96	Central Michigan University	12	0%	$24,889
97	Concordia University-Chicago	12	1%	$44,426
98	University of North Florida	11	0%	$21,384
99	Syracuse University	11	0%	$70,636
100	University of Iowa	11	0%	$24,239

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.