Public Administration at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 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.

SIUC Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

SIUC Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Public Administration Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a master's degree in public admin from SIUC. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. SIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Chief Executives	9,650	$230,070
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	9,350	$98,210
Social and Community Service Managers	4,380	$66,150
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	540	$75,910

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.