Public Administration at Tarleton 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 Tarleton State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Tarleton is located in Stephenville, Texas and has a total student population of 14,016.

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.

Tarleton Public Administration Degrees Available

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

Tarleton Public Administration Rankings

The public admin major at Tarleton 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 Tarleton

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

Tarleton Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of public admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% 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 Tarleton since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Tarleton State University with a bachelor's in public admin.

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

Tarleton Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. Tarleton does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from Tarleton, 54% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 TX, the home state for Tarleton State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	11,390	$105,320
Social and Community Service Managers	5,370	$72,560
Chief Executives	5,260	$239,680

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.