Public Administration at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 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.

NAU Public Administration Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NAU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

NAU Public Administration Rankings

The public admin major at NAU 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 NAU

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

NAU Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of public admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% 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 NAU since its program graduates 34% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public admin at NAU 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in public admin.

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

NAU Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. NAU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
General and Operations Managers	50,540	$102,470
Managers	8,520	$101,630
Chief Executives	6,630	$194,360
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	2,760	$84,730
Social and Community Service Managers	2,290	$65,610

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.