Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University

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

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 61 public admin majors received their bachelor's degree from FAU.

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.

FAU Public Administration Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at FAU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

FAU Public Administration Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public admin programs across the country. The following shows how FAU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at FAU 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
Best Value Public Administration Schools	121
	227
	241

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in public admin from FAU. This makes it the #218 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in public admin, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Public Admin Graduates from FAU Make?

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at FAU is $38,640. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $42,063 for all public admin students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 61 public admin students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from FAU, about 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at FAU since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

FAU Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a master’s in public admin from FAU in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. FAU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

FAU also has a doctoral program available in public admin. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers	123,800	$112,600
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Chief Executives	20,860	$187,870
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	4,830	$93,720
Social and Community Service Managers	3,850	$71,820

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.