Graduates with a degree in school administration often go on to become school principals, district administrators or supervisors, deans of students or faculty, university registrars or college provosts. School administrators are employed in every level of education from preschools to universities.

Costa Rica offers a sponsored and at the same time students-friendly higher learning curriculums. The country has 20 public and 44 private universities with the leading three public universities being University of Costa Rica, The national university and Costa Rican Institute of Technology.