Public Administration at Indiana University - Northwest

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

IU Northwest is located in Gary, Indiana and approximately 3,801 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in public admin from IU Northwest.

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.

IU Northwest Public Administration Degrees Available

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

IU Northwest Public Administration Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at IU Northwest 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	14
	20
	54
Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools	60
Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	99

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in public admin from IU Northwest. This makes it the #227 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Admin Student Demographics at IU Northwest

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

IU Northwest Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in public admin from IU Northwest. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Indiana University - Northwest with a bachelor's in public admin.

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

IU Northwest Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 13 students who graduated with a master’s in public admin from IU Northwest in 2021, 31% were men and 69% were women.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from IU Northwest, 62% 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 Indiana University - Northwest with a master's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

IU Northwest 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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Northwest.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Chief Executives	4,220	$148,730
Social and Community Service Managers	2,210	$61,180
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,940	$95,120

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 Lord dumbello under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.