Become certified to lead at all levels
Meet the requirements for Administrative and Supervisory Certification to serve as a superintendent in Nebraska schools. Expert faculty, and experienced school administrators who serve as mentors for your field study and internship courses, will prepare you to advance in your career.
Prerequisites: Master’s degree in a related education field and an administrative certificate. UNK also offers online educational administration programs that can serve as prerequisites for the school superintendent program.
Students pursuing certification in states other than Nebraska must check with their state’s Department of Education for certification requirements.
The total range of credit hour requirements for the program (33-69 credit hours) depends on your completion of prior degrees and coursework.
How much does it cost to get a School Superintendent Degree from UNK?
In-State
Estimated Cost: $13,616.25*
Credit Hours: 33 | Cost per Credit: $354
Estimated Program Fees: $1,934.25*
*Cost estimates are based on 2025-26 tuition and fees across a two-year program completion timeline. Estimate does not include indirect costs. For a more detailed estimate, see the full graduate costs page.
Out of State
Estimated Cost: $20,078.25*
Credit Hours: 33 | Cost per Credit: $567
Estimated Program Fees: $1,934.25*
*Cost estimates are based on 2025-26 tuition and fees across a two-year program completion timeline. Estimate does not include indirect costs. For a more detailed estimate, see the full graduate costs page.
Program Information
Connect with a program advisor
Let's start the conversation about your Educational Administration Ed.S. degree! Request information and connect with Ashley, the online academic program advisor, to get more details and figure out if UNK's program is right for you.
What can I do with a School Superintendent Degree?
- Superintendent
- Assistant Superintendent
- Director of Curriculum & Instruction
- Director of Student Services
- Director of K-5 Education
- Director of 6-12 Education
- Supervisor of Special Education
- School Improvement Specialist
- Educational Consultant
Alumni Success
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"Dr. Teahon, he was a superintendent prior to me here at Gothenburg, and he just has a wonderful way of inspiring the people around him to want to be their absolute best, and I can tell you that I sat in this very office and told him that this was not a position that I thought I would ever want to do, but he saw something in me that I didn't see in myself and continued to work and inspired me to want to be what he was for our students and our staff."
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"I've taken a lot of classes, and a lot of times they're theory-based, which is nice, it's good to understand the theory, but I really liked that at UNK, it was immediately applicable. I could take information and I would find myself using it the next day. And so it's been helpful, and I really like that."
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“UNK has always been a place I can go back to as a resource and count on professors, count on other people that I went to class with. It just didn’t end in 2011 when I got my Ed. Specialist. It’s continued on.”
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"I was a superintendent before I had these classes and I was not prepared. I didn't even know what I didn't know. Going through the classes, working with the professors at UNK that were practicing administrators or who had practiced, they knew exactly what administrators, what superintendents needed to know. I enjoyed the classes because they were so practical and I could use the information daily."
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"I was able to finish my specialist degree in a year and a half and there's no way possible that you could have done that in a face-to-face situation. My biggest takeaways from the program were the caring nature of our professors, the recommendations that they would send to future school and future prospective jobs. It's an excellent program, and I would encourage as many people as I could to look into a specialist degree at UNK."
