Public Administration at University of South Carolina - Columbia

If you plan to study public administration, take a look at what University of South Carolina - Columbia has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has a total student population of 35,470. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 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.

UofSC Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

UofSC Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at UofSC

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

UofSC Public Administration Master’s Program

The public admin program at UofSC awarded 7 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 57% of these degrees went to men with the other 43% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public admin each year. UofSC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from UofSC, 100% 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a master's in public admin.

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

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
General and Operations Managers	32,520	$101,400
Chief Executives	2,900	$182,760
Managers	1,760	$100,890
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,150	$94,240
Social and Community Service Managers	930	$68,610

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 Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.