Public Administration at Sonoma State University

Every public administration school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public admin program at Sonoma State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and has a total student population of 8,018.

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.

SSU Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

SSU Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at SSU

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

SSU Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. SSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 CA, the home state for Sonoma 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 Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.