Highest Earning Bachelor's Public Administration Programs

These are the highest earning bachelor's public administration programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Cornell University leading at $126,767.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Earnings	Completers
1	Cornell University	Public Policy Analysis	NY	$126,767	44
2	Princeton University	Public Policy Analysis	NJ	$107,792	114
3	Duke University	Public Policy Analysis	NC	$103,071	144
4	Barry University	Public Administration	FL	$97,702	25
5	Brown University	Public Policy Analysis	RI	$94,962	15
6	University of Chicago	Public Policy Analysis	IL	$94,237	90
7	Vanderbilt University	Public Policy Analysis	TN	$91,265	28
8	Syracuse University	Public Administration	NY	$89,732	88
9	University of Maryland Global Campus	Public Administration	MD	$85,909	48
10	California State University-Northridge	Public Administration	CA	$85,789	24
11	University of Mississippi	Public Policy Analysis	MS	$85,338	56
12	Northwestern University	Community Organization & Advocacy	IL	$84,712	80
13	Trinity College	Public Policy Analysis	CT	$82,638	39
14	Northwestern University	Public Policy Analysis	IL	$78,752	36
15	Indiana University-Bloomington	Public Administration	IN	$77,422	420
16	California Baptist University	Public Administration	CA	$75,949	16
17	Brandeis University	Public Policy Analysis	MA	$75,580	101
18	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	Public Policy Analysis	NJ	$74,865	14
19	University of Southern California	Public Policy Analysis	CA	$74,511	41
20	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Public Policy Analysis	NC	$74,403	157
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Public Policy Analysis	MI	$73,749	77
22	Southern New Hampshire University	Public Administration	NH	$72,437	8
23	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Public Policy Analysis	AZ	$71,723	96
24	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	Public Policy Analysis	AZ	$71,723	85
25	James Madison University	Public Administration	VA	$71,626	56
26	Upper Iowa University	Public Administration	IA	$70,374	17
27	Providence College	Social Work	RI	$70,356	13
28	Western Carolina University	Public Administration	NC	$70,331	120
29	CUNY Hunter College	Social Work	NY	$70,273	54
30	Flagler College	Public Administration	FL	$70,202	16
31	University of Redlands	Public Policy Analysis	CA	$70,080	17
32	University of California-Davis	Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other	CA	$69,702	43
33	La Sierra University	Social Work	CA	$69,244	12
34	St. Mary's College of Maryland	Public Policy Analysis	MD	$69,232	12
35	California State University-San Bernardino	Social Work	CA	$69,201	54
36	William & Mary	Public Policy Analysis	VA	$69,118	48
37	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	Public Administration	NY	$69,033	45
38	San Francisco State University	Social Work	CA	$68,524	24
39	California State University-Fullerton	Public Administration	CA	$68,497	24
40	California State University-Long Beach	Social Work	CA	$68,448	69
41	Syracuse University	Public Administration	NY	$68,314	23
42	University of Phoenix-Arizona	Public Administration	AZ	$68,272	56
43	California State University-Dominguez Hills	Public Administration	CA	$68,008	42
44	George Mason University	Public Administration	VA	$67,973	29
45	Pacific Lutheran University	Social Work	WA	$67,458	18
46	University of California-Berkeley	Social Work	CA	$67,393	81
47	Rutgers University-Newark	Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other	NJ	$67,099	34
48	University of Oregon	Public Administration	OR	$67,030	66
49	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	Public Administration	NY	$66,834	38
50	Goodwin University	Public Administration	CT	$66,583	5

Methodology

Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes bachelor's programs in CIP family 44 (Public Administration) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.