Public Administration at Grand Canyon University

Every public administration school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public admin program at Grand Canyon University stacks up to those at other schools.

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and approximately 103,427 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.

Grand Canyon University Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon 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? Grand Canyon University offers distance education options for public admin at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Grand Canyon University Public Administration Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Public Admin Student Demographics at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 221 students who earned a master's degree in Public Administration from Grand Canyon University in 2020-2021, 35% were men and 65% were women.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	51
Hispanic or Latino	58
White	77
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Related Majors

• Social Work
• Community Organization & Advocacy
• Human Services

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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
General and Operations Managers	50,540	$102,470
Managers	8,520	$101,630
Chief Executives	6,630	$194,360
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	2,760	$84,730
Social and Community Service Managers	2,290	$65,610

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.