Public Administration
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Early Career Income
$69,533
Lifetime Income
$3.65M
Unemployment rate
3.4%
Female share
48.8%
Occupation concentration
32.1%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
21.5%
% who double-major
20.6%
BA Graduates from 2024
2,114
-10.7% vs 2023
How Public Administration compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
49th
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 49% of majors
27th
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 27% of majors
5th
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 5% of majors
Top occupations
- Miscellaneous managers, including funeral service managers and postmasters and mail superintendents
- Police officers
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Public Administration.
- Public Administration
- Public Works Management
- Transportation and Infrastructure Planning/Studies
- Public Administration, Other
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology