Public Administration at Purdue University Fort Wayne

If you plan to study public administration, take a look at what Purdue University Fort Wayne has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

PFW is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and has a total student population of 8,093. In 2021, 44 public admin majors received their bachelor's degree from PFW.

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.

PFW Public Administration Degrees Available

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

PFW Public Administration Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public admin programs across the country. The following shows how PFW performed in these rankings.

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 PFW 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 Schools	36
Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	174

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in public admin from PFW. This makes it the #286 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Public Admin Graduates from PFW Make?

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at PFW is $35,275. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $42,063 for all public admin students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at PFW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public admin majors at Purdue University Fort Wayne.

PFW Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 44 public admin students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from PFW, about 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at PFW since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public admin at PFW 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

PFW Public Administration Master’s Program

The public admin program at PFW awarded 8 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

PFW also has a doctoral program available in public admin. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Fort Wayne.

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.