Public Administration at The University of Texas at Arlington

If you plan to study public administration, take a look at what The University of Texas at Arlington has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and approximately 48,072 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.

UT Arlington Public Administration Degrees Available

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

UT Arlington Public Administration Rankings

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There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in public admin, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at UT Arlington

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

UT Arlington Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from UT Arlington, 51% 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 48% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Arlington.

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 Kllwiki under License

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