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Principal Licensure Master’s Program Career Outlook

Become Principal-Ready in One Year

Pathway to Licensure

Build Real-World Leadership Experience

The master’s in education leadership program will prepare you to lead as a connected, culturally responsive K–12 principal, strengthening instruction, building collaborative school cultures and driving schoolwide improvement.

  • Continue working while completing your online, asynchronous coursework
  • Meet TSPC principal licensure requirements in as little as one year online
  • In some cases, on-site fieldwork may be completed at your current school site

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Step Into K–12 Leadership

Elementary, Middle, and High School Principals $104,070 per year1

Instructional Coordinators $74,720 per year2

Prepare for In-Demand Principal Roles

About 20,800 openings for elementary, middle, and high school principals are projected each year, on average, over the decade.1

  • Principals typically need a master’s degree in education administration or leadership plus teaching experience
  • Most states, including Oregon, require public school principals to be licensed administrators

Program Outcomes and Skills Acquired

What You’ll Learn

When you complete Eastern Oregon University’s principal licensure master’s program online, you will be able to:

  • Act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic success and well-being
  • Develop and support intellectually rigorous, culturally responsive and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction and assessment
  • Cultivate an inclusive, caring and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student
  • Foster a professional community of teachers and other professional staff
  • Engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal and mutually beneficial ways to promote each student’s academic success and well-being
  • Manage school operations and equitably distribute resources
  • Act as an agent of continuous improvement

Skills You’ll Gain

  • Ethical decision-making
  • Assessment and data use
  • Culturally responsive leadership
  • School culture and climate building
  • Staff development
  • Family and community partnership building
  • Operations and resource management

Career Support

Prepare for the role you want with the career support services offered by Eastern Oregon University. As a student and a graduate, you’ll benefit from a variety of services designed to help you stand out among employers and succeed professionally in your field.

Career Services

Eastern Oregon University Career Services offers in-person coaching and online resources to help students broaden their career choices and understand the value of their education in relation to employment. This includes outreach to all students in all academic programs, on and off campus, coupled with outreach to employers, service providers and government agencies.

Fieldwork/Practicum through EOU’s Career Services

EOU offers diverse fieldwork and practicum opportunities each term that allow students the mechanism to earn college credit tied directly to their current employment.

Career Readiness: Resume and Cover Letter Assistance

EOU Career Services has a robust collection of tutorials available to students, including information on resumes, cover letters, interview skills and soft skills.

Source

  1. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook. “Elementary, Middle, and High School Principals.” Retrieved April 8, 2026, from  https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/elementary-middle-and-high-school-principals.htm.
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook. “Instructional Coordinators.” Retrieved May 15, 2026, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/instructional-coordinators.htm.