Public Administration at St Petersburg College

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 St Petersburg College stacks up to those at other schools.

SPC is located in Clearwater, Florida and has a total student population of 26,430. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received a bachelor's degree in public admin from SPC.

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.

SPC Public Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at SPC

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.

SPC does offer online education options in public admin for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SPC Public Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public admin progam at SPC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at SPC 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 Popular Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Best Value Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Popular Public Administration Schools	154

How Much Do Public Admin Graduates from SPC Make?

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at SPC is $30,799. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $42,063 for all public admin students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at SPC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public admin majors at St Petersburg College.

SPC Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 public admin students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SPC, about 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at SPC since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public admin at SPC 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 St Petersburg College with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

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 FL, the home state for St Petersburg College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers	123,800	$112,600
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Chief Executives	20,860	$187,870
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	4,830	$93,720
Social and Community Service Managers	3,850	$71,820

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 John O’Neill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.