Public Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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

John Jay is located in New York, New York and approximately 15,766 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 66 public admin majors received their bachelor's degree from John Jay.

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.

John Jay Public Administration Degrees Available

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

John Jay Public Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public admin progam at John Jay 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 John Jay 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	4
Most Popular Public Administration Schools	6
Most Focused Public Administration Schools	10
	61
	91
	129
Best Value Public Administration Schools	157

In 2021, 214 students received their master’s degree in public admin from John Jay. This makes it the #4 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of John Jay Public Admin Graduates

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at John Jay is $42,862. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $42,063 for all public admin bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Admin Student Demographics at John Jay

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public admin majors at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

John Jay Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 66 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Administration from John Jay in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 77% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

John Jay Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 74% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	64
Hispanic or Latino	75
White	50
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Community Organization & Advocacy
• 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 NY, the home state for John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

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.