by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Public Administration. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Public Administration is a major offered under the public administration and social service program of study at Marist College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in public admin, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Marist paid an average of $850 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $15,300 | $15,300 |
| Fees | $100 | $100 |
public admin who receive their master’s degree from Marist make an average of $73,164 a year during the early days of their career. That is 46% higher than the national average of $50,200.
Marist does not offer an online option for its public admin master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Marist Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in public admin in 2019-2020, 50.0% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 60.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 42.7% of the public admin master’s degrees at Marist in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 41%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 14 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 44 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Public Administration students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Public Administration | 82 |
*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.