Educational leadership and administration
Postgraduate- You study
- School management, Educational planning
- Jobs
- School principal, Assistant principal
- Average for the business field · Age 25–29
- 8,200SAR
Average monthly pay in the business field for Saudi bachelor’s holders, GASTAT Labour Force Survey 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3; many earn less. Pay in a first job is usually lower.
Forecasts published in other countries for the occupation School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education: roughly stable (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2026 (Safar – Rabi' al-Awwal 1448 AH); Employment and Social Development Canada, June 2025 · Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 – Muharram 1447 AH)1,2. They are not a forecast for the Saudi market, nor by DataPulse.
Where is Educational leadership and administration taught?
- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityEastern Province
- Jazan UniversityJazan
- Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic UniversityRiyadh
- Qassim UniversityQassim
- Al-Baha UniversityAl-Baha
5 universities where we checked the programme page4; not a full list.
Compare with…
A side-by-side view, not a judgement that one major is better. Figures are for the broad field, so two majors in one field share the same figures. Figures: bachelor’s, both sexes, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)35
| Educational leadership and administration | Curricula and teaching methods | Educational psychology |
|---|---|---|
| Field in the survey | ||
| Business, administration and law | Education | Education |
| Length of study | ||
| Postgraduate | Postgraduate | Postgraduate |
| Taught at | ||
| List not checked | List not checked | List not checked |
| Men | ||
| Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Women | ||
| Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Holders of the field working | ||
| 91.5% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| Unemployment in the field | ||
| 8.5% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| Average wage in the field (SAR) | ||
| 11,491 | 11,147 | 11,147 |
| An occupation of its graduates and generative AI | ||
| minimal exposure | — | — |
Availability for men and women from university pages and the Ministry’s programmes platform; last checked 24 October 2026 (13 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
What do Educational leadership and administration students learn?
Study of managing schools and educational institutions and leading their teams.
- School management
- Educational planning
- Leadership
- Educational supervision
In Arabic: القيادة والإدارة التربوية
What jobs do Educational leadership and administration graduates do?
Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:
- School principal
- Assistant principal
- Education supervisor
- Education planner
You run a school or education office by day; your post may be outside your city.
- Sometimes outside the city
- Moderate physical effort
What do Educational leadership and administration graduates earn?
GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Business, administration and law” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3.
What is unemployment in the business field?
Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)3:
For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.
Official decisions and signals
- The job “School principal” is only slightly affected by AI. May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH) (occupation, not major)6
References
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary” (BLS 11-9032), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
- Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education” (COPS 40021), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
- General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Business, administration and law”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
- Programme pages on university websites, last checked 24 October 2026 (13 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
- International Labour Organization, global index of occupational exposure to generative AI, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).
- International Labour Organization · occupation code 1345, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).