Public Administration at Excelsior University

If you plan to study public administration, take a look at what Excelsior University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Excelsior University is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 21,974.

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.

Excelsior University Public Administration Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Excelsior University offers distance education options for public admin at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Excelsior University Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at Excelsior University

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

Excelsior University Public Administration Master’s Program

42% Women

54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. Excelsior University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Excelsior University.

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
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