Public Administration at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 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.

SDSU Public Administration Degrees Available

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

SDSU Public Administration Rankings

The public admin major at SDSU 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 SDSU

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

SDSU Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of public admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% 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 SDSU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SDSU Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Public Administration

Public Administration majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at San Diego State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	172

Related Majors

• Other Public Administration

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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Chief Executives	30,290	$228,270
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	18,990	$107,550
Legislators	3,140	$68,580

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.