Public Administration at Georgia State University

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

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 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.

Georgia State Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Georgia State Public Administration Rankings

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Public Admin Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Public Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students graduated with a master's degree in public admin from Georgia State. About 23% were men and 77% were women.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from Georgia State, 53% 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 43% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Chief Executives	6,260	$218,590
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	3,780	$108,990
Social and Community Service Managers	3,720	$66,000

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.