Public Administration at University of Hawaii - West Oahu

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

UH West Oahu is located in Kapolei, Hawaii and approximately 3,168 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 139 public admin majors received their bachelor's degree from UH West Oahu.

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.

UH West Oahu Public Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Admin

UH West Oahu Public Administration Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public admin programs across the country. The following shows how UH West Oahu 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 UH West Oahu 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 Focused Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Public Administration Schools	4
Most Popular Public Administration Schools	23
Best Value Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72
Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
	91
Best Value Public Administration Schools	243
Best Public Administration Schools	264
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How Much Do Public Admin Graduates from UH West Oahu Make?

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH West Oahu is $36,241. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $42,063 for all public admin students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at UH West Oahu

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public admin majors at University of Hawaii - West Oahu.

UH West Oahu Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 139 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public admin from UH West Oahu in 2021, 27% were men and 73% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public admin bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Hawaii - West Oahu with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	61
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	46

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

Related Majors

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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii - West Oahu.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
General and Operations Managers	9,550	$114,040
Managers	2,000	$93,760
Chief Executives	1,090	$201,680
Social and Community Service Managers	640	$71,590
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	540	$91,630

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 Joel Bradshaw under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.