Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

A program that focuses on the principles and practice of administration in four-year colleges, universities and higher education systems, the study of higher education as an object of applied research, and which may prepare individuals to function as administrators in such settings. Includes instruction in higher education economics and finance; policy and planning studies; curriculum; faculty and labor relations; higher education law; college student services; research on higher education; institutional research; marketing and promotion; and issues of evaluation, accountability and philosophy.

While Higher Education/Higher Education Administration offers degrees up to the Doctors degree professional practice, the majority of students earn a Masters degree. Students major in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration all around the US, though the major at the Bachelors degree level sees the most graduates in New Mexico. The average starting salary for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration is $37,307.