Public Administration at Grand Valley State University

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

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 57 public admin majors received their bachelor's degree from GVSU.

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.

GVSU Public Administration Degrees Available

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

GVSU Public Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public admin progam at GVSU 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 GVSU 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
Most Popular Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	84
Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	107
Best Value Public Administration Schools	124
	205

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in public admin from GVSU. This makes it the #85 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Public Admin Graduates from GVSU Make?

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at GVSU is $34,390. This is less than $42,063, which is the national average of all public admin majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Public Admin Student Demographics at GVSU

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

GVSU Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of public admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public admin at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	41
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

GVSU Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 39 students who earned a master's degree in Public Administration from GVSU in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from GVSU, 85% 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 Grand Valley State University with a master's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	33
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GVSU also has a doctoral program available in public admin. In 2021, 0 student 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Social and Community Service Managers	4,580	$72,450
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	3,240	$109,240
Chief Executives	2,620	$206,660

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.