Public Administration at Hawaii Pacific University

If you are interested in studying public administration, you may want to check out the program at Hawaii Pacific University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hawaii Pacific University is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and approximately 4,243 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 public admin majors received their bachelor's degree from Hawaii Pacific University.

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.

Hawaii Pacific University Public Administration Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Hawaii Pacific 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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Hawaii Pacific University does offer online courses in public admin for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Hawaii Pacific University Public Administration Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at Hawaii Pacific University 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 Focused Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	29
Best Value Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Most Popular Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	148
	171
Best Value Public Administration Schools	219

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in public admin from Hawaii Pacific University. This makes it the #149 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Admin Student Demographics at Hawaii Pacific University

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

Hawaii Pacific University Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

The public admin program at Hawaii Pacific University awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at Hawaii Pacific University since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public admin bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Hawaii Pacific University Public Administration Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a master's degree in public admin from Hawaii Pacific University. About 52% of these graduates were women and the other 48% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. Hawaii Pacific University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 72% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Hawaii Pacific University 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 HI, the home state for Hawaii Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
General and Operations Managers	9,550	$114,040
Managers	2,000	$93,760
Chief Executives	1,090	$201,680
Social and Community Service Managers	640	$71,590
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	540	$91,630

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 Joel Bradshaw under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.