Public Administration at National University

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

National University is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 18,070 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 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.

National University Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at National University

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

National University Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at National University

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

National University Public Administration Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 students earned a master's degree in public admin from National University. About 48% of these graduates were women and the other 52% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. National University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

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 CA, the home state for National University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Chief Executives	30,290	$228,270
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	18,990	$107,550
Legislators	3,140	$68,580

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 University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.