Public Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

If you are interested in studying public administration, you may want to check out the program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

John Jay is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 15,766. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 214 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.

John Jay Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

John Jay Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at John Jay

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public admin majors at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

John Jay Public Administration Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 214 students earned a master's degree in public admin from John Jay. About 59% of these graduates were women and the other 41% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. John Jay does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 74% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a master's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	64
Hispanic or Latino	75
White	50
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Community Organization & Advocacy

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 John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.