Public Administration at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year.

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.

URI Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

URI Public Administration Rankings

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Public Admin Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Public Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students graduated with a master's degree in public admin from URI. About 46% were men and 54% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. URI does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• Public Policy

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
General and Operations Managers	5,730	$155,910
Managers	830	$114,660
Social and Community Service Managers	420	$96,550
Chief Executives	320	$242,350
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	240	$127,240

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.