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.

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

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Hawaii Pacific University offers distance education options for public admin at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Hawaii Pacific University Public Administration 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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of public admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 Hawaii Pacific University since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Hawaii Pacific University Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 25% 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	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 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.