Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University

What traits are you looking for in a public admin school? To help you decide if Florida Atlantic University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public admin program.

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 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.

FAU Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin
• Doctorate Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at FAU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? FAU offers distance education options for public admin at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

FAU Public Administration Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in public admin, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. FAU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• 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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers	123,800	$112,600
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Chief Executives	20,860	$187,870
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	4,830	$93,720
Social and Community Service Managers	3,850	$71,820

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.