Public Administration at Auburn University

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

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and approximately 30,737 students attend the school each year.

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.

Auburn Public Administration Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Public Admin (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Admin
• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Auburn Public Administration Rankings

The public admin major at Auburn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Administration. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in public admin, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at Auburn

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

Auburn Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of public admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at Auburn since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public admin at Auburn are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Auburn Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
General and Operations Managers	28,600	$118,440
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Chief Executives	1,390	$204,590
Social and Community Service Managers	1,200	$66,430
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,030	$88,330

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 Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.