Public Administration at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,388 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University in 2021, 33 of them were public administration majors.

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.

GMU Public Administration Degrees Available

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

GMU Public Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public admin progam at GMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at GMU 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 Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools	31
Best Value Public Administration Schools	252

In 2021, 81 students received their master’s degree in public admin from GMU. This makes it the #35 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of GMU Public Admin Graduates

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $39,354. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $42,063 for all public admin students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in public admin from GMU. About 39% of these graduates were women and the other 61% were men. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public admin at GMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GMU Public Administration Master’s Program

The public admin program at GMU awarded 81 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 42% of these degrees went to men with the other 58% going to women.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from GMU, 58% 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 George Mason University with a master's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	47
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

GMU also has a doctoral program available in public admin. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Public Administration
• Public Policy
• 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Chief Executives	5,760	$228,540
Social and Community Service Managers	2,650	$89,290
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	2,060	$105,600

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.