Public Administration at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 184 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.

NYU Public Administration Degrees Available

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

NYU Public Administration Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in public admin, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Public Administration Master’s Program

The public admin program at NYU awarded 184 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	72
International Students	44
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Related Majors

• Other Public Administration
• Community Organization & Advocacy
• 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 NY, the home state for New York University.

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.