Highest Earning Doctoral Education Programs

These are the highest earning doctoral education programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Russell Sage College leading at $179,109.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Earnings	Completers
1	Russell Sage College	Educational Administration	NY	$179,109	35
2	Manhattanville University	Educational Administration	NY	$175,662	24
3	Boston College	Educational Administration	MA	$174,350	6
4	University of Pennsylvania	Educational Administration	PA	$171,744	42
5	St. John's University-New York	Educational Administration	NY	$170,203	33
6	Western Illinois University	Educational Administration	IL	$159,820	16
7	San Diego State University	Educational Administration	CA	$158,013	39
8	San Francisco State University	Educational Administration	CA	$157,979	25
9	California State University-East Bay	Educational Administration	CA	$154,918	8
10	Loyola University Chicago	Educational Administration	IL	$154,544	22
11	St. John's University-New York	Curriculum & Instruction	NY	$153,334	34
12	University of Massachusetts Global	Educational Administration	CA	$152,157	70
13	California State University-Fullerton	Educational Administration	CA	$141,254	29
14	Fordham University	Educational Administration	NY	$140,055	34
15	University of California-Los Angeles	Educational Administration	CA	$140,028	22
16	University of Southern California	Educational Administration	CA	$138,552	313
17	Aurora University	Educational Administration	IL	$136,318	31
18	National Louis University	Educational Administration	IL	$136,173	46
19	The University of Texas at Austin	Educational Administration	TX	$134,846	30
20	Loyola Marymount University	Educational Administration	CA	$134,109	18
21	Pepperdine University	Educational Assessment	CA	$133,031	7
22	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Educational Administration	CA	$132,932	21
23	Seton Hall University	Educational Administration	NJ	$131,664	32
24	University of California-San Diego	Education	CA	$131,358	28
25	Plymouth State University	Educational Administration	NH	$130,741	15
26	University of California-Berkeley	Education	CA	$130,547	17
27	University of California-Davis	Educational Administration	CA	$130,291	13
28	California State University-Fresno	Educational Administration	CA	$128,028	25
29	University of Maryland-College Park	Educational Administration	MD	$127,684	30
30	Harvard University	Education	MA	$125,405	25
31	Stanford University	Education	CA	$125,390	29
32	University of Georgia	Educational Administration	GA	$124,890	34
33	Johnson & Wales University-Providence	Educational Administration	RI	$123,957	16
34	Saint Cloud State University	Educational Administration	MN	$123,714	19
35	Concordia University-Chicago	Educational Administration	IL	$123,623	54
36	Vanderbilt University	Educational Administration	TN	$122,742	22
37	George Washington University	Educational Administration	DC	$122,539	14
38	Saint Elizabeth University	Educational Administration	NJ	$122,250	10
39	California State University-San Bernardino	Educational Administration	CA	$120,901	15
40	George Fox University	Educational Administration	OR	$120,720	25
41	Pepperdine University	Educational Administration	CA	$120,410	54
42	Olivet Nazarene University	Education, Other	IL	$118,508	11
43	Claremont Graduate University	Education	CA	$118,397	26
44	Purdue University-Main Campus	Education	IN	$118,149	28
45	Northern Illinois University	Curriculum & Instruction	IL	$117,352	9
46	University of St Francis	Educational Administration	IL	$116,433	30
47	Creighton University	Educational Administration	NE	$115,394	48
48	Indiana State University	Educational Administration	IN	$115,003	30
49	Southern Connecticut State University	Educational Administration	CT	$113,578	13
50	University of Delaware	Educational Administration	DE	$113,543	17

Methodology

Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes doctoral programs in CIP family 13 (Education) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.