by our College Data Analytics TeamPublic Administration is a concentration offered under the public administration major at American University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in public admin, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at The American University paid an average of $1,906 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $34,533 | $34,533 |
| Fees | $991 | $991 |
Online degrees for the The American University public admin master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the The American University Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in public admin in 2019-2020, 68.7% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 60.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 20.2% of the public admin master’s degrees at The American University in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 6 |
| Black or African American | 18 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 56 |
| International Students | 26 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 51 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.