Public Administration at Harvard University

Every public administration school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public admin program at Harvard University stacks up to those at other schools.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 193 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.

Harvard Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Harvard Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 193 students who graduated with a master’s in public admin from Harvard in 2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. Harvard does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	58
International Students	77
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Chief Executives	7,990	$221,810
Social and Community Service Managers	7,420	$70,500
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	3,220	$109,840

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.