Public Administration at Upper Iowa University

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

UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and has a total student population of 3,610. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in public admin from UIU.

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.

UIU Public Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Admin
• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

Online Classes Are Available at UIU

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? UIU offers distance education options for public admin at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UIU Public Administration Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public admin major at UIU 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
Most Popular Online Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
Best Value Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools	83
	107
Best Value Public Administration Schools	180
Most Popular Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools	182

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in public admin from UIU. This makes it the #183 most popular school for public admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Public Admin Graduates from UIU Make?

The median salary of public admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIU is $53,774. This is 28% higher than $42,063, which is the national average for all public admin bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Admin Student Demographics at UIU

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

UIU Public Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public admin from UIU in 2021, 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical public admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at UIU since its program graduates 34% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public admin at UIU 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 Upper Iowa University with a bachelor's in public admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIU Public Administration Master’s Program

Of the 19 students who earned a master's degree in Public Administration from UIU in 2020-2021, 37% were men and 63% were women.

In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 IA, the home state for Upper Iowa University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Social and Community Service Managers	2,310	$58,410
Chief Executives	2,020	$211,560
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,390	$84,960

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 SheilaJMiller under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.