Public Administration at Texas State University

If you are interested in studying public administration, you may want to check out the program at Texas State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and has a total student population of 37,812. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 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.

Texas State Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Texas State Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Public Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 public admin majors earned their master's degree from Texas State. Of these graduates, 49% were men and 51% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. Texas State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from Texas State, 51% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	11,390	$105,320
Social and Community Service Managers	5,370	$72,560
Chief Executives	5,260	$239,680

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.