Public Administration at Arkansas State University - Main Campus

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 Arkansas State University - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

A-State is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and has a total student population of 13,106.

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.

A-State Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at A-State

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? A-State offers distance education options for public admin at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

A-State Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at A-State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public admin majors at Arkansas State University - Main Campus.

A-State Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. A-State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from A-State, 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 Arkansas State University - Main Campus with a master's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	53
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Related Majors

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 AR, the home state for Arkansas State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
General and Operations Managers	20,440	$87,650
Managers	3,360	$86,410
Chief Executives	2,150	$126,960
Social and Community Service Managers	1,380	$57,360
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,190	$110,300

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.