A program that prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state, and federal government; and that focuses on the systematic study of executive organization and management. Includes instruction in the roles, development, and principles of public administration; the management of public policy; executive-legislative relations; public budgetary processes and financial management; administrative law; public personnel management; professional ethics; and research methods.
| A major in Public Administration is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 50
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Public Administration among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Sojourner-Douglass College
Baltimore, MD | 49
(34.8%) |  |  | |
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| | University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Pearl City, HI | 32
(17.8%) | | | |
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| | Upper Iowa University
Fayette, IA | 90
(9.0%) |  |  | |
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| | Barry University
Miami, FL | 120
(8.9%) | |  | |
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| | San Diego State University-Imperial Valley Campus
Calexico, CA | 17
(8.9%) |  | | |
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| | Flagler College
Saint Augustine, FL | 47
(8.0%) | | | |
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| | Waynesburg University
Waynesburg, PA | 30
(7.3%) | | | |
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| | St Marys University
San Antonio, TX | 29
(6.7%) | | | |
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| | Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN | 320
(5.5%) |  | | |
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| | Wells College
Aurora, NY | 4
(4.9%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.