Public Administration at California State University - Bakersfield

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

CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and has a total student population of 11,745. Of the 2,532 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Bakersfield in 2021, 11 of them were public administration majors.

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.

CSUB Public Administration Degrees Available

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

CSUB Public Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public admin progam at CSUB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at CSUB 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	6
	13
Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	45
Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	47
Best Public Administration Schools	58
Most Popular Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	76
Most Popular Public Administration Schools	89
Most Focused Public Administration Schools	95

In 2021, 42 students received their master’s degree in public admin from CSUB. This makes it the #77 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Admin Student Demographics at CSUB

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

CSUB Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 public admin majors earned their bachelor's degree from CSUB. Of these graduates, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUB since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public admin bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CSUB Public Administration Master’s Program

The public admin program at CSUB awarded 42 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 55% of these degrees went to men with the other 45% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. CSUB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CSUB also has a doctoral program available in public admin. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Bakersfield.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Chief Executives	30,290	$228,270
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	18,990	$107,550
Legislators	3,140	$68,580

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.