Public Administration at University of Kansas

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

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and approximately 26,744 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 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.

KU Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at KU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, KU does offer online courses in public admin for the following degree levels:

KU Public Administration Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in public admin, making the school the #41 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Public Administration Master’s Program

The public admin program at KU awarded 35 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 51% of these degrees went to men with the other 49% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. KU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from KU, 77% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Public Policy
• 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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
General and Operations Managers	18,240	$97,920
Chief Executives	3,790	$172,100
Managers	2,420	$102,560
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,100	$103,660
Social and Community Service Managers	1,060	$63,010

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.