Public Administration at The University of Texas at Dallas

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

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and has a total student population of 28,669. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 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.

UT Dallas Public Administration Degrees Available

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

UT Dallas Public Administration Rankings

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in public admin, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at UT Dallas

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

UT Dallas Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. UT Dallas does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Public Policy

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 The University of Texas at Dallas.

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.