Education administration and supervision

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Education Schools

These programs are geared toward educators who may become principals, superintendents, or higher education professionals. These are the top schools for programs in education administration and supervision.

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Rankings Overall Education School Program Data
Rank School name Tuition Total enrollment Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students Doctoral programs acceptance rate Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands) Peer assessment score (out of 5) Student-faculty ratio Superintendent assessment score (out of 5) Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions)
#1 Vanderbilt University (Peabody)

Nashville, TN

$1,712 per credit (full-time) 808
#2 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

$11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,010
#3 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$41,250 per year (full-time) 380
#4 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

$38,480 per year (full-time) 945
#5 Teachers College, Columbia University

New York, NY

$1,286 per credit (full-time) 5,034
#6 Pennsylvania State University–​University Park

University Park, PA

$17,670 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,374 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,138
#7 University of Texas–​Austin

Austin, TX

$8,402 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,338 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,225
#8 Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

$11,336 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,648 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,161
#9 Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

$630 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,206 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2,051
#10 University of Virginia (Curry)

Charlottesville, VA

$13,278 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,602 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 949
#10 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

$13,623 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,241 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 971