Public Administration at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and approximately 58,526 students attend the school each year. Of the 7,697 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland Global Campus in 2021, 67 of them were public administration majors.

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.

UMGC Public Administration Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Public Admin (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UMGC does offer online courses in public admin for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UMGC Public Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public admin progam at UMGC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at UMGC 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
Best Value Public Administration Undergraduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Popular Online Public Administration Schools	2
Best Public Administration Schools	46
Most Popular Public Administration Schools	53
Most Focused Public Administration Schools	282

How Much Do Public Admin Graduates from UMGC Make?

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMGC is $55,385. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 32% higher than the national average of $42,063 for all public admin bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Admin Student Demographics at UMGC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public admin majors at University of Maryland Global Campus.

UMGC Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 67 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Administration from UMGC in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at UMGC since its program graduates 34% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public admin at UMGC 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 University of Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Related Majors

• Other Public Administration

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
General and Operations Managers	48,180	$137,700
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Social and Community Service Managers	3,120	$76,670
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,920	$106,270
Chief Executives	1,680	$198,260

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.