Public Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University

If you plan to study public administration, take a look at what Virginia Commonwealth University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070.

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.

VCU Public Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Admin

VCU Public Administration Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in public admin, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Admin Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Public Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of public admin master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in public admin each year. VCU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public admin master's degree from VCU, 53% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Public Administration

If you plan to be a public admin major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Commonwealth University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	41

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Chief Executives	5,760	$228,540
Social and Community Service Managers	2,650	$89,290
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	2,060	$105,600

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.