Public Administration at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 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.

EWU Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

EWU Public Administration Rankings

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Public Admin Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Public Administration Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students earned a master's degree in public admin from EWU. About 77% of these graduates were women and the other 23% were men.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from EWU, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Social Work

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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
General and Operations Managers	47,770	$124,810
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Chief Executives	3,690	$220,730
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	2,360	$116,690
Legislators	830	$66,240

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.