Public Administration at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs stacks up to those at other schools.

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has a total student population of 12,380.

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.

UCCS Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

UCCS Public Administration Rankings

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Public Admin Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS Public Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 public admin majors earned their master's degree from UCCS. Of these graduates, 39% were men and 61% were women.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Human Services

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
General and Operations Managers	39,200	$131,920
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Social and Community Service Managers	1,530	$84,360
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,330	$118,580
Legislators	630	$57,570

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 Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.