Public Administration at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 11,989. Of the 2,281 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Whitewater in 2021, 11 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.

UW - Whitewater Public Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Admin

UW - Whitewater Public Administration Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public admin programs across the country. The following shows how UW - Whitewater performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at UW - Whitewater 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
	69

How Much Do Public Admin Graduates from UW - Whitewater Make?

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - Whitewater is $38,151. This is less than $42,063, which is the national average of all public admin majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Public Admin Student Demographics at UW - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public admin from UW - Whitewater in 2021, 82% were men and 18% were women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at UW - Whitewater since its program graduates 41% more men than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public admin at UW - Whitewater 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 Wisconsin - Whitewater with a bachelor's in public admin.

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

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

Related Majors

• Social Work

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
General and Operations Managers	33,340	$126,950
Managers	12,400	$85,050
Chief Executives	5,240	$154,820
Social and Community Service Managers	2,830	$66,750
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	2,510	$98,520

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 Thebox193 under License

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