Public Administration at Marist College

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

Marist is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and approximately 6,600 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 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.

Marist Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at Marist

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Marist does offer online courses in public admin for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Marist Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at Marist

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

Marist Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 83 public admin students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Marist, about 40% were men and 60% were women.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from Marist, 59% 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 Marist College with a master's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	49
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

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 Marist College.

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 Bpg00765 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.