Public Administration at Baruch College

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

Baruch is located in New York, New York and approximately 19,740 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in public admin from Baruch.

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.

Baruch Public Administration Degrees Available

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

Baruch Public Administration Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at Baruch 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
Most Popular Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Most Focused Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Focused Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools	83
Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools	83
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Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	109

In 2021, 163 students received their master’s degree in public admin from Baruch. This makes it the #10 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Baruch Public Admin Graduates

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at Baruch is $33,342. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $42,063 for all public admin students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at Baruch

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

Baruch Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Baruch College with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	11
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Baruch Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 163 students who earned a master's degree in Public Administration from Baruch in 2020-2021, 34% were men and 66% were women.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	45
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

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 NY, the home state for Baruch College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Social and Community Service Managers	13,110	$86,700
Chief Executives	10,430	$220,040
Legislators	6,220	$90,050

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.