Public Administration at Drake University

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

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and approximately 4,774 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.

Drake Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Drake Public Administration Rankings

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.

Public Admin Student Demographics at Drake

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

Drake Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 33 students who earned a master's degree in Public Administration from Drake in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from Drake, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	22
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 IA, the home state for Drake University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Social and Community Service Managers	2,310	$58,410
Chief Executives	2,020	$211,560
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,390	$84,960

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 Limitingflame1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.