Public Administration at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

If you are interested in studying public administration, you may want to check out the program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in public admin from UT Knoxville.

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.

UT Knoxville Public Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Admin

UT Knoxville Public Administration Rankings

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

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 UT Knoxville 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	70
Best Value Public Administration Schools	249

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in public admin from UT Knoxville. This is the #352 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Admin Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

The public admin program at UT Knoxville awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public admin at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in public admin.

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

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

Related Majors

• Public Policy
• 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
General and Operations Managers	41,980	$110,580
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Chief Executives	6,680	$152,730
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	3,890	$85,760
Social and Community Service Managers	2,430	$68,450

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.