Public Administration at Clemson University

If you plan to study public administration, take a look at what Clemson University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and has a total student population of 26,406. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received their master's degree in public admin.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Administration section at the bottom of this page.

Clemson Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Clemson Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at Clemson

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public admin majors at Clemson University.

Clemson Public Administration Master’s Program

The public admin program at Clemson awarded 40 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. Clemson does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from Clemson, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Clemson University with a master's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Public Policy

Careers That Public Admin Grads May Go Into

A degree in public admin can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SC, the home state for Clemson University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
General and Operations Managers	32,520	$101,400
Chief Executives	2,900	$182,760
Managers	1,760	$100,890
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,150	$94,240
Social and Community Service Managers	930	$68,610

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By hager.angie under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.