Public Administration at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 31,142. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 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.

UNLV Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

UNLV Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at UNLV

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

UNLV Public Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 public admin majors earned their master's degree from UNLV. Of these graduates, 45% were men and 55% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. UNLV does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
General and Operations Managers	18,330	$128,080
Managers	7,120	$102,060
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,170	$94,750
Chief Executives	920	$215,590
Social and Community Service Managers	790	$75,840

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 Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.