Master of Education in Educational Administration
Program Facts
College: College of Education
Major: Educational Administration
Degree Level: Master's
Credit Hours: 30-33
Duration: 18+ Months
Tuition & Fees
Estimated costs available via the calculator.
Overview
Program Benefits
Our MEd in Educational Administration is a premier program designed to cultivate exceptional educational leaders. Through a dynamic online learning experience, we offer a stimulating and rigorous curriculum that prepares graduates to excel in educational settings. Our program emphasizes practical skills and theoretical knowledge, equipping students with the tools needed to lead with confidence and innovation.
Courses
The program curriculum features video and interactive content with challenging exercises, assignments and discussions on theories, authors and educational change efforts while exploring a variety of topics in educational leadership. Study data analysis and statistical methods, law and policy, financial and resource management, facility development, community relationships, learning communities, philosophy and ethics and more.
Culminating in a practicum experience, the MEd program offers in-depth study and Zoom seminars for engaging Q&A sessions, as well as opportunities for purposeful, one-on-one and small group discussions.
More About the Program
How Much Do Educational Administration Graduates Make?
The average salary of an assistant principal in Texas ranges between $66,000 and $72,000. The average salary of Texas public school principals ranges between $70,000 and $118,000. Most Texas school districts use a salary scale based on years of experience to determine beginning salaries.
Offered Concentrations
Choose from the following concentrations:
- EC–12 Leadership Principal Certification
- Higher Education Leadership
- Educational Technology Leadership
If your goal is to earn your superintendent or principal certification but you already have a master’s degree, you may be interested in Tarleton’s Post-Master’s Degree Principal Certification Program or Post-Master’s Degree Superintendent Certification Program.
Career Outcomes
- Assistant Principal or Associate Principal
- Assistant Principal of Discipline
- Assistant Principal of Instruction
- Principal Assistant Superintendent
- Campus Instructional Specialist
- Director of Leadership
- Director of Student Services
- Director of Textbooks
- Assistant Director of Human Resources