Public Administration at The University of Alabama

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 The University of Alabama stacks up to those at other schools.

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 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.

UA Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

UA Public Administration Rankings

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Public Admin Student Demographics at UA

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

UA Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 19 public admin students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UA, about 47% were men and 53% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. UA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from UA, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
General and Operations Managers	28,600	$118,440
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Chief Executives	1,390	$204,590
Social and Community Service Managers	1,200	$66,430
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,030	$88,330

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.