Public Administration at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Every public administration school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public admin program at West Chester University of Pennsylvania stacks up to those at other schools.

WCUPA is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and approximately 17,719 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 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.

WCUPA Public Administration Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WCUPA

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WCUPA offers distance education options for public admin at the following degree levels:

WCUPA Public Administration Rankings

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in public admin, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at WCUPA

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

WCUPA Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 28 public admin students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WCUPA, about 36% were men and 64% were women.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from WCUPA, 61% 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a master's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 PA, the home state for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Social and Community Service Managers	8,300	$65,620
Chief Executives	6,540	$231,120
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	3,600	$112,170

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.