Public Administration at Drake University

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

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and has a total student population of 4,774.

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. Drake does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from Drake, 82% 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	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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.