Highest Earning Master's Public Administration Programs

These are the highest earning master's public administration programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Harvard University leading at $177,149.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Earnings	Completers
1	Harvard University	Public Administration	MA	$177,149	374
2	University of Southern California	Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other	CA	$140,115	16
3	Harvard University	Public Policy Analysis	MA	$129,978	232
4	Anna Maria College	Public Administration	MA	$123,207	91
5	Golden Gate University	Public Administration	CA	$122,598	51
6	Johns Hopkins University	Public Administration	MD	$122,517	71
7	Calumet College of Saint Joseph	Public Administration	IN	$121,754	43
8	Princeton University	Public Policy Analysis	NJ	$120,163	100
9	Columbia University in the City of New York	Public Administration	NY	$115,874	409
10	George Washington University	Public Administration	DC	$113,891	53
11	Georgetown University	Public Policy Analysis	DC	$110,634	83
12	New York University	Public Administration	NY	$109,946	244
13	Duke University	Public Policy Analysis	NC	$109,274	143
14	San Francisco State University	Public Administration	CA	$108,093	32
15	Syracuse University	Public Administration	NY	$107,868	205
16	American University	Public Administration	DC	$107,866	220
17	Johns Hopkins University	Public Policy Analysis	MD	$107,692	8
18	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Public Policy Analysis	MI	$107,392	117
19	University of Pennsylvania	Public Administration	PA	$104,073	168
20	University of Southern California	Public Administration	CA	$103,721	209
21	Carnegie Mellon University	Public Policy Analysis	PA	$103,268	117
22	University of California-Los Angeles	Public Policy Analysis	CA	$100,925	96
23	George Mason University	Public Administration	VA	$100,692	70
24	Cornell University	Public Administration	NY	$100,325	130
25	California State University-East Bay	Public Administration	CA	$99,879	38
26	Marist University	Public Administration	NY	$99,846	57
27	Portland State University	Public Administration	OR	$99,801	35
28	University of San Francisco	Public Administration	CA	$99,141	32
29	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Public Policy Analysis	VA	$99,110	78
30	Bowie State University	Public Administration	MD	$98,800	27
31	Northwestern University	Public Administration	IL	$98,798	97
32	American University	Public Policy Analysis	DC	$98,588	105
33	California Baptist University	Public Administration	CA	$98,056	27
34	George Mason University	Public Policy Analysis	VA	$97,926	74
35	Post University	Public Administration	CT	$97,596	29
36	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Public Administration	MN	$97,311	26
37	University of Connecticut	Public Policy Analysis	CT	$96,919	21
38	University of Maryland-College Park	Public Policy Analysis	MD	$96,792	99
39	Villanova University	Public Administration	PA	$96,385	81
40	Vanderbilt University	Public Policy Analysis	TN	$96,305	35
41	California State University-East Bay	Social Work	CA	$96,198	65
42	California State University-Monterey Bay	Social Work	CA	$95,950	51
43	George Washington University	Public Policy Analysis	DC	$94,862	95
44	Alfred University	Public Administration	NY	$94,571	11
45	University of Baltimore	Public Administration	MD	$94,518	39
46	San Francisco State University	Social Work	CA	$94,452	37
47	Seattle University	Public Administration	WA	$94,446	21
48	University of Southern California	Public Policy Analysis	CA	$94,114	116
49	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	Public Administration	NY	$93,751	167
50	Hamline University	Public Administration	MN	$93,090	12

Methodology

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