PlainCollege

Public Administration

371
Schools
Master's
Credential Level
$78,525
National Avg Earnings

Earnings Distribution

Min
$66,921
25th %ile
$70,612
Median
$75,229
75th %ile
$82,592
Max
$126,289
$66,921 $126,289

Top Schools for This Program

School Name State Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Harvard University MA 287 $126,289 $70,763
Boston University MA 9 $107,458 —
Calumet College of Saint Joseph IN 47 $105,495 —
George Washington University DC 71 $104,546 $46,979
University of San Francisco CA 62 $104,363 $48,010
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA 37 $103,346 —
Anna Maria College MA 101 $102,918 $20,759
San Francisco State University CA 41 $100,510 $25,864
American University DC 163 $97,983 $55,000
Columbia University in the City of New York NY 458 $97,557 $71,000
Northwestern University IL 85 $95,107 $44,568
Syracuse University NY 138 $93,872 $51,317
New York University NY 244 $93,404 $75,234
Notre Dame de Namur University CA 17 $92,258 —
University of Southern California CA 175 $92,079 $75,887
University of Pennsylvania PA 62 $91,879 $41,000
The University of Texas at Tyler TX 11 $91,744 —
Clemson University SC 43 $85,463 $46,000
George Mason University VA 61 $85,070 $41,000
Johns Hopkins University MD 43 $84,786 $39,301
Marist University NY 82 $84,436 $30,625
Golden Gate University CA 37 $84,062 $41,000
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY 195 $83,254 $27,150
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN 21 $83,234 $41,754
California State University-Northridge CA 226 $82,592 $37,074
National University CA 96 $82,170 $33,712
California State University-East Bay CA 84 $81,485 $35,500
Hamline University MN 40 $81,313 $33,398
Cornell University NY 76 $80,574 $51,608
California State University-Long Beach CA 125 $80,007 $23,136
American Public University System WV 89 $79,706 $43,726
Portland State University OR 53 $79,673 $41,000
California Baptist University CA 30 $79,662 $27,334
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA 220 $79,399 $46,652
Brigham Young University UT 71 $79,259 $26,500
University of La Verne CA 26 $79,237 —
Villanova University PA 76 $78,297 $38,458
Alfred University NY 22 $77,440 $19,140
Carnegie Mellon University PA 23 $76,739 $40,772
University at Albany NY 70 $76,471 $28,125
Post University CT 22 $76,460 $54,508
University of Connecticut CT 47 $75,602 $28,500
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT 0 $75,602 $28,500
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT 0 $75,602 $28,500
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT 0 $75,602 $28,500
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT 0 $75,602 $28,500
Indiana University-Bloomington IN 174 $75,569 $41,000
Indiana University-Northwest IN 19 $75,462 $36,780
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus NJ 41 $75,229 $41,000
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus NJ 0 $75,229 $41,000
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI 8 $74,401 —
The University of Texas at Dallas TX 19 $74,343 —
Seton Hall University NJ 13 $74,211 —
University of Michigan-Dearborn MI 12 $74,152 —
James Madison University VA 17 $73,867 —
Seattle University WA 42 $73,784 $50,683
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice NY 210 $73,777 $34,350
The University of Texas at Arlington TX 84 $73,662 $33,971
Suffolk University MA 34 $73,659 $41,000
University of the District of Columbia DC 16 $73,555 —
Old Dominion University VA 58 $73,468 $39,794
University of South Dakota SD 20 $73,463 —
University of New Haven CT 17 $73,170 —
California State University-San Bernardino CA 84 $72,023 $37,000
Bowie State University MD 30 $71,531 $39,924
Texas State University TX 33 $71,507 $22,440
Northeastern University MA 10 $71,256 $41,000
Northeastern University Professional Programs MA 20 $71,256 $41,000
Long Island University NY 34 $71,108 $61,500
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE 63 $71,079 $28,276
California State University-Dominguez Hills CA 75 $71,031 $40,750
DePaul University IL 42 $71,026 $46,243
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey CA 28 $70,852 $80,881
Middlebury College VT — $70,852 $80,881
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV 41 $70,612 $41,660
University of Baltimore MD 90 $70,346 $61,500
University of Massachusetts Global CA 41 $70,199 —
Texas A&M University-College Station TX 112 $70,188 $33,765
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 79 $70,134 $61,017
University of Utah UT 55 $69,747 $23,000
University of Miami FL 31 $69,710 $87,205
University of Massachusetts-Boston MA 18 $69,660 —
Drake University IA 36 $69,644 $20,075
The Evergreen State College WA 52 $69,378 —
Florida International University FL 95 $69,322 $38,413
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO 116 $69,290 $32,448
Norwich University VT 38 $68,840 $39,094
University of Central Oklahoma OK 20 $68,517 —
Columbia Southern University AL 126 $68,234 $40,144
University of Illinois Chicago IL 91 $68,217 $41,000
University of Rhode Island RI 19 $68,012 —
Tarleton State University TX 17 $67,986 $35,697
California State University-Fresno CA 20 $67,931 —
California Lutheran University CA — $67,794 —
Albertus Magnus College CT 18 $67,697 —
Indiana State University IN 11 $67,697 —
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ 85 $67,474 $49,306
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ 14 $67,474 $49,306
Northern Illinois University IL 32 $67,394 $30,500
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH 7 $66,921 —

About This Data

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Median earnings represent graduates who received federal financial aid. Completers count and debt figures reflect program-level data reported by institutions. Data is updated annually.