Highest Earning Master's Education Programs

These are the highest earning master's education programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Johns Hopkins University leading at $303,202.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Earnings	Completers
1	Johns Hopkins University	Education, Other	MD	$303,202	28
2	CUNY Hunter College	Educational Administration	NY	$131,961	126
3	Western Washington University	Educational Administration	WA	$129,722	18
4	Harvard University	Educational Assessment	MA	$127,546	140
5	Mercy University	Educational Administration	NY	$122,180	19
6	Touro University	Educational Administration	NY	$120,353	43
7	CUNY Brooklyn College	Educational Administration	NY	$119,900	30
8	University of Massachusetts Global	Educational Administration	CA	$118,581	48
9	Bank Street College of Education	Educational Administration	NY	$118,465	128
10	California State University-San Bernardino	Educational Administration	CA	$118,120	19
11	New York University	Educational Assessment	NY	$117,843	40
12	CUNY Lehman College	Educational Administration	NY	$116,546	15
13	California State University-Dominguez Hills	Educational Administration	CA	$115,100	36
14	National University	Educational Administration	CA	$110,083	108
15	Concordia University-Irvine	Educational Administration	CA	$109,714	68
16	California State University-East Bay	Educational Administration	CA	$109,423	33
17	University of Massachusetts-Boston	Educational Assessment	MA	$108,956	12
18	Santa Clara University	Educational Administration	CA	$108,364	22
19	Fordham University	Educational Administration	NY	$106,668	22
20	California State University-Long Beach	Educational Administration	CA	$106,225	17
21	Thomas Edison State University	Educational Administration	NJ	$105,461	15
22	Mount St. Mary's University	Educational Administration	MD	$105,159	8
23	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	Secondary Education	WI	$104,601	6
24	Wilkes University	Educational Administration	PA	$104,444	47
25	California State University-Monterey Bay	Educational Assessment	CA	$104,220	28
26	California State University-Los Angeles	Special Education	CA	$104,208	95
27	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	Secondary Education	CA	$104,117	43
28	Brigham Young University	Educational Administration	UT	$103,822	28
29	Concordia University-Irvine	Educational Assessment	CA	$102,896	49
30	California State University-Sacramento	Education	CA	$102,444	131
31	California State University-Northridge	Educational Administration	CA	$101,424	55
32	University of Alaska Southeast	Educational Administration	AK	$101,064	13
33	Concordia University-Irvine	Curriculum & Instruction	CA	$100,038	69
34	Trinity Washington University	Educational Administration	DC	$98,882	9
35	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	Educational Administration	CO	$97,868	35
36	California State University-Fresno	Teacher Education	CA	$97,033	21
37	CUNY Lehman College	Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	NY	$96,469	15
38	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Education	CA	$95,883	21
39	Fresno Pacific University	Secondary Education	CA	$95,683	16
40	California State University-Fullerton	Special Education	CA	$95,677	38
41	Brown University	Educational Administration	RI	$95,551	16
42	California Lutheran University	Educational Administration	CA	$95,459	20
43	California State University-San Marcos	Education	CA	$95,348	21
44	Pepperdine University	Educational Administration	CA	$95,306	54
45	University of West Georgia	Educational Administration	GA	$95,143	14
46	California State University-Dominguez Hills	Special Education	CA	$95,089	9
47	Capella University	Secondary Education	MN	$94,795	26
48	Touro University	Educational Assessment	NY	$94,743	32
49	Teachers College at Columbia University	Educational Administration	NY	$94,693	172
50	CUNY City College	Special Education	NY	$94,601	41

Methodology

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