Public Administration at Metropolitan State University

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

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 7,552.

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.

Metro State Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at Metro State

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

Metro State Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at Metro State

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

Metro State Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. Metro State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from Metro State, 78% 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 Metropolitan State University with a master's in public admin.

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

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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
General and Operations Managers	46,440	$112,120
Managers	9,350	$128,590
Chief Executives	5,970	$195,320
Social and Community Service Managers	3,360	$75,280
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	2,260	$102,500

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 Tony Webster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.