Public Administration at Texas Southern University

What traits are you looking for in a public admin school? To help you decide if Texas Southern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public admin program.

TSU is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,015. In 2021, 5 public admin majors received their bachelor's degree from TSU.

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.

TSU Public Administration Degrees Available

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

TSU Public Administration Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public admin programs across the country. The following shows how TSU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at TSU 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 Focused Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	25
Most Focused Public Administration Schools	31
	49
Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	177
Best Public Administration Schools	289

In 2021, 48 students received their master’s degree in public admin from TSU. This makes it the #71 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Admin Student Demographics at TSU

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

TSU Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Administration from TSU in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at TSU since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 58% 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 Texas Southern University with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

TSU Public Administration Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students earned a master's degree in public admin from TSU. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. TSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 92% of degree recipients. That is 50% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Social Work

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 Texas Southern 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 WhisperToMe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.