Public Administration at California State University - Fullerton

If you are interested in studying public administration, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Fullerton. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal State Fullerton is located in Fullerton, California and approximately 42,051 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 33 public admin majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal State Fullerton.

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.

Cal State Fullerton Public Administration Degrees Available

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

Cal State Fullerton Public Administration Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at Cal State Fullerton 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
	68
	155
Most Focused Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	293

In 2021, 33 students received their master’s degree in public admin from Cal State Fullerton. This makes it the #109 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Public Admin Graduates from Cal State Fullerton Make?

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal State Fullerton is $42,063. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allpublic admin bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

Public Admin Student Demographics at Cal State Fullerton

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

Cal State Fullerton Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public admin from Cal State Fullerton in 2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal State Fullerton since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 - Fullerton with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Cal State Fullerton Public Administration Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a master's degree in public admin from Cal State Fullerton. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. Cal State Fullerton does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Cal State Fullerton 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
• Human Services

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 - Fullerton.

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.