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 9
Pennsylvania
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Public Administration among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Waynesburg University
Waynesburg, PA | 30
(7.3%) |  |  | |
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| | Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA | 5
(0.8%) |  | | |
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| | Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA | 7
(0.6%) | |  | |
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| | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, PA | 6
(0.5%) | | | |
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| | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA | 17
(0.4%) | | | |
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| | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA | 7
(0.4%) | | | |
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| | La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA | 3
(0.3%) | | | |
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| | York College Pennsylvania
York, PA | 2
(0.2%) | |  | |
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| | Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA | 1
(0.2%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.