Public Administration
203 colleges offer Public Administration in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $24,785, from $12,689 at the lowest program to $47,778 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $42,145 on average, from $29,039 at the lowest program to $71,434 at the highest.
Is a Public Administration degree worth it?
Across 45 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $39,354 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $35,723 and $44,177. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $28,012. Debt is 0.71x first-year earnings, which ranks 58th of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 203
- Average Debt on Graduation: $24,785
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $42,145
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| Sojourner-Douglass College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| American University of Beirut | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Purdue University Global | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ottawa University-Online | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| College of Menominee Nation | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Capella University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Everglades University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southern Technical College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mid-America Christian University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Guam | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Universidad Central de Bayamon | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Seattle University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Shenandoah University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Liberty University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hampton University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| West Texas A & M University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Texas Southern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tarleton State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Stephen F Austin State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Edward's University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Texas Southmost College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of the Incarnate Word | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Baylor University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lipscomb University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Roger Williams University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rhode Island College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Villanova University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Francis University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Point Park University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Manor College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Eastern Oregon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rogers State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Central Oklahoma | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Otterbein University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Notre Dame College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Muskingum University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Franklin University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cleveland State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cedarville University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Capital University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Baldwin Wallace University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of North Dakota | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Shaw University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fayetteville State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Elon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Campbell University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wagner College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University at Albany | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| St. John's University-New York | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Russell Sage College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Long Island University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY Medgar Evers College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Metropolitan College of New York | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Plymouth State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southern New Hampshire University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Doane University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Park University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Missouri-St Louis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Missouri Valley College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northwest Missouri State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lindenwood University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lincoln University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drury University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Columbia College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Evangel University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mississippi Valley State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mississippi University for Women | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Winona State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saginaw Valley State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oakland University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northern Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Michigan-Flint | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Eastern Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Concordia University Ann Arbor | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Central Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Anna Maria College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Johns Hopkins University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maine at Fort Kent | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maine at Augusta | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southern University at New Orleans | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Louisiana Christian University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Murray State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Kentucky State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Washburn University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ottawa University-Kansas City | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| MidAmerica Nazarene University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Kansas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Northern Iowa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Ambrose University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Iowa State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dordt University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Buena Vista University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Indiana University-Northwest | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Indiana University-Kokomo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Calumet College of Saint Joseph | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Illinois Springfield | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Roosevelt University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lewis University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Blackburn College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hawaii Pacific University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Miami | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Delaware State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of New Haven | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Regis University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Colorado Mesa University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Walden University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of San Francisco | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of La Verne | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Riverside | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-Fresno | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-San Bernardino | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-Bakersfield | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Henderson State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Harding University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Central Arkansas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Arkansas Baptist College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Talladega College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Samford University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Miami University-Oxford | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,039 |
| Wayne State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,693 |
| St Petersburg College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,799 |
| Kean University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,940 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | Bachelor's Degree | $12,689 | No data | $31,089 |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,342 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $23,145 | $19,320 | $34,336 |
| Grand Valley State University | Bachelor's Degree | $26,051 | $21,960 | $34,390 |
| San Diego State University | Bachelor's Degree | $24,308 | No data | $34,977 |
| University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,021 |
| Purdue University Fort Wayne | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,275 |
| Auburn University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,723 |
| University of Central Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,731 |
| University of Oregon | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,784 |
| James Madison University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $38,000 | $35,948 |
| University of Hawaii-West Oahu | Bachelor's Degree | $12,832 | No data | $36,241 |
| Indiana University-Indianapolis | Bachelor's Degree | $29,028 | $21,182 | $36,543 |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,105 |
| Northern Arizona University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,503 |
| University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,151 |
| Florida Atlantic University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,640 |
| University of Arizona | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,081 |
| George Mason University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,354 |
| Texas State University | Bachelor's Degree | $22,448 | No data | $39,521 |
| Flagler College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,353 |
| California State University-Chico | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,518 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,658 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,883 |
| University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,052 |
| California State University-Fullerton | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,063 |
| Indian River State College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,666 |
| CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,862 |
| Ashford University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $43,833 |
| Florida International University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $44,177 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | Bachelor's Degree | $47,778 | $34,064 | $44,780 |
| Syracuse University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $45,262 | $48,017 |
| California Baptist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,784 |
| University of Phoenix-Arizona | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,336 |
| Upper Iowa University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $53,774 |
| University of Maryland Global Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $55,385 |
| Western Carolina University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $55,712 |
| National University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $61,249 |
| California State University-Northridge | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $65,244 |
| Colorado State University Global | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $68,522 |
| Barry University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $71,434 |
| American Medical Academy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Alderson Broaddus University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brigham Young University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lee University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Youngstown State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| North Carolina Central University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mars Hill University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rutgers University-Newark | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Centenary University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Salish Kootenai College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bellevue University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rust College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mississippi State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Michigan State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Florida State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |