Public Administration at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 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.

USD Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

USD Public Administration Rankings

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Public Admin Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Public Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 public admin majors earned their master's degree from USD. Of these graduates, 55% were men and 45% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. USD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from USD, 95% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
General and Operations Managers	3,670	$125,490
Chief Executives	540	$251,950
Managers	370	$99,030
Social and Community Service Managers	240	$71,630
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	200	$95,330

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.