Public Administration at University of Maryland Global Campus

What traits are you looking for in a public admin school? To help you decide if University of Maryland Global Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public admin program.

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and has a total student population of 58,526.

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 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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of public admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to 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.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Maryland Global Campus with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 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.