Education Jobs and MBA Programs in Minnesota

People considering careers as education administrators can find employment and education prospects in Minnesota. For education administrators, there are 1,740 jobs in Minnesota and this is projected to grow by 14 percent to 1,650 jobs by 2016. This is better than the national trend for education administrators, which sees the job pool growing at about two percent over the next 10 years. In general, education administrators plan, direct, or coordinate research, instructional, student administration and services, and other educational activities at postsecondary institutions, including universities, and junior and community colleges.

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State figures show that education administrators in Minnesota earn $41 per hour or $84,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $45 hourly or $92,000 per year on average.

Minnesota, also known as the North Star State, is home to 5,266,214 people. It has grown by 7.0 percent in the last 10 years. Saint Paul is the state capital. There were 3,567,295 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Minnesota earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $42,953, up from $41,693. The unemployment rate in Minnesota was 8.0 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.6 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 27.4 percent. This is below the national average.

Hospital equipment merchant wholesalers, general-line grocery merchant wholesalers, real estate credit and outpatient care centers are the top employing fields in Minnesota.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Minneapolis is home to the oldest continuously running theater (Old Log Theater) and the largest dinner theater (Chanhassan Dinner Theater) in the country. One of the unique tidbits about Minnesota is the climate-controlled Metrodome is the only facility in the country to host a Super Bowl, a World Series and a NCAA Final Four Basketball Championship.

Education

Education administrators plan, direct, or coordinate research, instructional, student administration and services, and other educational activities at postsecondary institutions, including universities, and junior and community colleges.

While working, they often recruit and terminate departmental personnel and participate in faculty and college committee efforts.

They are required to pay attention to ongoing situations and monitor them as they develop and listen well to others and take in their information and issues.

Education administrators should be able to articulate ideas and problems and listen to and understand others in meetings.

In order to be successful in the workplace, education administrators must have exceptional integrity and be reliable.