Public Administration at Columbia University in the City of New York

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

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 374 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.

Columbia Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Columbia Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public admin majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. Columbia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	75
International Students	225
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Related Majors

• Public Policy
• Social Work

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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Social and Community Service Managers	13,110	$86,700
Chief Executives	10,430	$220,040
Legislators	6,220	$90,050

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.