2025 Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

General Educational Leadership & Administration is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #8 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 14 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 994 doctor's degrees in general educational leadership & administration during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great General Educational Leadership & Administration School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of general educational leadership & administration for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality educational leadership and administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general educational leadership & administration students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general educational leadership & administration students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general educational leadership & administration related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general educational leadership & administration students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Educational Leadership & Administration Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Educational Leadership & Administration in the Far Western US Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for general educational leadership & administration students seeking a a doctor's degree.

10 Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Administration

1

San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

San Diego State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration. SDSU is a very large public university located in the city of San Diego.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from San Diego State University

2

Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Azusa Pacific University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Azusa.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from Azusa Pacific University

3

California State University - Fullerton
Fullerton, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat California State University - Fullerton if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration. Located in the suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from California State University - Fullerton

4

Brandman University
Irvine, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

70 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Brandman University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration. Brandman is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Irvine.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from Brandman University

5

University of La Verne
La Verne, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

43 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of La Verne, ULV is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from University of La Verne

6

California State University - Fresno
Fresno, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Fresno State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Fresno.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from California State University - Fresno

7

Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from Gonzaga University

8

California State University - San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of San Bernardino, CSUSB is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from California State University - San Bernardino

9

University of Portland
Portland, OR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Portland, University of Portland is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from University of Portland

10

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

SFSU is a very large public university located in the city of San Francisco.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from San Francisco State University

Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best general educational leadership & administration colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	381	796
Washington	216	81
Oregon	145	56
Hawaii	65	19

View All Rankings >

Rankings in Majors Related to Educational Leadership and Administration

General Educational Leadership & Administration is one of 13 different types of Educational Administration programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Educational Leadership and Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Community College Education	83
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	77
Urban Education & Leadership	17

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Shai-WMIL. More about our data sources and methodologies.