Educational Leadership Schools In Alabama
Alabama has 17 accredited educational leadership schools where educational leadership faculty who teach educational leadership classes can find employment. The following statistics and charts help analyze the current state of the educational leadership academic community in Alabama, and the future trends in educational leadership training at the following levels:
- Educational Leadership Certificate
- Associates degree in Educational Leadership
- Bachelors degree in Educational Leadership
- Masters degree in Educational Leadership
- PhD degree in Educational Leadership
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Professional Trends
Alabama Vs. National Educational Leadership Employment
| Alabama | 5,560 |
| National | 411,430 |
Approximately 1% of the country's educational leadership professionals work in Alabama state.
Employment Growth for Educational leadership professionals In Alabama
| 6,430 | 5,830 | 6,020 | 5,800 | 5,560 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Alabama, the field of educational leadership is shrinking. There were 870 less educational leadership professionals working in Alabama in 2010, than there were in 2006. So, in four years, the number of educational leadership professionals has shrunk by 14%. This decline is faster than the change in the number of educational leadership professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of educational leadership professionals has grown by 5% from 2006 to 2010.
Educational Leadership VS. All Professions salaries in Alabama
| $61,465 | $67,270 | $72,720 | $76,480 | $79,195 |
| $39,917 | $41,500 | $42,923 | $44,323 | $46,099 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Educational Leadership
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Alabama, as the number of educational leadership professionals is declining, the salaries earned by educational leadership professionals are increasing. The mean salary for educational leadership professionals in 2006 was $61,465 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $79,195 per year.
Salary percentiles for Educational leadership professionals in Alabama
10th percentile |
$47,518 |
25th percentile |
$57,970 |
50th percentile |
$72,388 |
75th percentile |
$94,482 |
90th percentile |
$116,576 |
Thus, there was a 22% growth in educational leadership professionals' salaries. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. In the state of Alabama, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of educational leadership. The pay differential between the highest paid educational leadership professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 145%
Average Salaries for Educational leadership professionals and related professions in Alabama
Educational Leadership |
$79,195 |
Special Education |
$48,843 |
Teaching |
$60,848 |
Educational leadership professionals in Alabama earn, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Educational Leadership programs available for each degree type for all schools in Alabama
associate |
1 |
bachelor |
1 |
master |
20 |
doctor |
9 |
Certificate |
10 |
| Total | 41 |
The number of students graduating from the 17 accredited educational leadership schools in Alabama is decreasing. In 2006, 1,038 students graduated from educational leadership courses in Alabama. And in 2010, 926 students graduated.
This represents a 11% decrease in the number of educational leadership degree or certificate school graduates in Alabama state. Most of these graduates, or 49%, earned an master's degree in educational leadership.