Public Administration at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563.

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.

UAB Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

UAB Public Administration Rankings

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Public Admin Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Public Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 public admin majors earned their master's degree from UAB. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from UAB, 61% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.