Highest Job Growth Master's Public Administration Programs

These are the highest job growth master's public administration programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Harvard University leading at 10%.

Rank	Institution	State	Growth	Completers
1	Harvard University	MA	10%	232
2	Duke University	NC	10%	143
3	University of California-Berkeley	CA	10%	131
4	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	10%	125
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	10%	117
6	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	10%	117
7	University of Southern California	CA	10%	116
8	American University	DC	10%	105
9	Princeton University	NJ	10%	100
10	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	10%	99
11	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	10%	96
12	George Washington University	DC	10%	95
13	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	10%	87
14	Georgetown University	DC	10%	83
15	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	10%	78
16	Brandeis University	MA	10%	74
17	George Mason University	VA	10%	74
18	Temple University	PA	10%	71
19	Brown University	RI	10%	66
20	Yale University	CT	10%	63
21	University of California-San Diego	CA	10%	62
22	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	10%	61
23	Liberty University	VA	10%	60
24	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	10%	40
25	Adler University	IL	10%	38
26	Teachers College at Columbia University	NY	10%	35
27	Vanderbilt University	TN	10%	35
28	University of California-Riverside	CA	10%	34
29	Pepperdine University	CA	10%	34
30	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	10%	33
31	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	10%	33
32	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	10%	33
33	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	10%	32
34	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	10%	29
35	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	10%	29
36	University of California-Irvine	CA	10%	28
37	University of Southern Maine	ME	10%	25
38	The New School	NY	10%	24
39	Stanford University	CA	10%	24
40	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	10%	23
41	Oregon State University	OR	10%	22
42	University of Houston	TX	10%	22
43	University of Connecticut	CT	10%	21
44	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	10%	21
45	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	10%	20
46	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	10%	20
47	University of Denver	CO	10%	19
48	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	10%	18
49	Michigan State University	MI	10%	18
50	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	10%	17

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes master's programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.