Public Administration at University of West Georgia

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

University of West Georgia is located in Carrollton, Georgia and has a total student population of 13,419.

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.

University of West Georgia Public Administration Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at University of West Georgia

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? University of West Georgia offers distance education options for public admin at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

University of West Georgia Public Administration Rankings

Public Admin Student Demographics at University of West Georgia

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

University of West Georgia Public Administration Master’s Program

55% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. University of West Georgia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 GA, the home state for University of West Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Chief Executives	6,260	$218,590
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	3,780	$108,990
Social and Community Service Managers	3,720	$66,000

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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