Public Administration at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 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.

GMU Public Administration Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

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.

GMU does offer online education options in public admin for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

GMU Public Administration 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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of public admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. 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 28% more men than average.

About 62% 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	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GMU Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. GMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from GMU, 54% 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	5
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	38
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 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.