CIP 13.0409 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Secondary School Administration/Principalship.

A program that focuses on educational administration at the junior high, secondary, or senior high school (7-12) levels and prepares individuals to serve as principals and masters of secondary schools. Includes instruction in secondary school education, program and facilities planning, budgeting and administration, public relations, human resources management, adolescent growth and development, counseling skills, applicable law and regulations, school safety, policy studies, and professional standards and ethics.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Secondary School Administration/Principalship award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 13.0409. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year ending	Award level	Reporting institutions	Positive awards
2025	Postbaccalaureate certificate	4	71
2025	Master degree	15	232
2025	Post-master certificate	4	93
2025	Doctorate — research	1	1
2024	Postbaccalaureate certificate	4	68
2024	Master degree	17	301
2024	Post-master certificate	6	91
2024	Doctorate — research	1	1
2023	Postbaccalaureate certificate	4	80
2023	Master degree	18	214
2023	Post-master certificate	4	104
2023	Doctorate — research	1	5
2022	Postbaccalaureate certificate	3	77
2022	Master degree	17	248
2022	Post-master certificate	5	113
2022	Doctorate — research	1	9
2021	Postbaccalaureate certificate	3	103
2021	Master degree	17	250
2021	Post-master certificate	5	88
2021	Doctorate — research	2	10
2020	Postbaccalaureate certificate	3	55
2020	Master degree	17	270
2020	Post-master certificate	5	101
2020	Doctorate — research	2	9
2020	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	1	2

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

These counts cover exact institution-ID matches to our connected directory, rather than a complete national total. Historical providers outside that population remain in the original source evidence and are not assigned invented matches. Read the population and archive rules →

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CIP 13.0409 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 13 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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