2025 Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

Ranked #8 in popularity, general educational leadership & administration is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for general educational leadership & administration students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 50 doctor's degrees in general educational leadership & administration to qualified students.

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

The educational leadership and administration doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general educational leadership & administration students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general educational leadership & administration students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Educational Leadership & Administration in Connecticut

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Administration

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

University of Connecticut is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the town of Storrs.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from University of Connecticut

2

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Central Connecticut State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration. CCSU is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of New Britain.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from Central Connecticut State University

3

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Southern Connecticut State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general educational leadership & administration. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, SCSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in general educational leadership & administration from Southern Connecticut State University

Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	284	54
Rhode Island	119	9
New Hampshire	56	27
Maine	53	0
Vermont	33	12

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General Educational Leadership & Administration Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Educational Administration area of study, General Educational Leadership & Administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Educational Leadership and Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision	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.