4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$71,967
Program median
Program + credential
Public Administration.: Doctoral Degree
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$68,896
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$24,464
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
17,246
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $41,943 | 75.5% | Available |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | Public | $14,967 | 68% | Available |
| Auburn University Auburn, AL | Public | $24,323 | 82% | Available |
| California Baptist University Riverside, CA | Private nonprofit | $26,285 | 61.9% | Available |
| Capella University Minneapolis, MN | Private for-profit | $17,956 | 20% | Available |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,944 | 94.1% | Available |
| Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL | Public | $8,752 | 62.6% | Available |
| Florida International University Miami, FL | Public | $9,288 | 74.4% | Available |
| Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | Public | $11,297 | 85.6% | Available |
| Golden Gate University San Francisco, CA | Private nonprofit | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Hamline University Saint Paul, MN | Private nonprofit | $20,744 | 60.5% | Available |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN | Public | $16,264 | 80.2% | Available |
| Jackson State University Jackson, MS | Public | $23,836 | 50.9% | Available |
| Liberty University Lynchburg, VA | Private nonprofit | $29,357 | 65.3% | Available |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS | Public | $17,595 | 66.7% | Available |
| New York University New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $37,050 | 87.6% | Available |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC | Public | $17,303 | 84.8% | Available |
| Northcentral University San Diego, CA | Private nonprofit | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | Public | $17,339 | 87.7% | Available |
| Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA | Public | $14,638 | 46.3% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | Public | $32,875 | 86.1% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA | Public | $23,330 | 26.1% | Available |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | Public | $24,406 | 83.6% | Available |
| Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ | Public | $19,703 | 63.8% | Available |
| Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | Private nonprofit | $38,793 | 83.6% | Available |
| Tennessee State University Nashville, TN | Public | $15,796 | 34% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX | Public | $13,951 | 54% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX | Public | $18,267 | 75.7% | Available |
| University at Albany Albany, NY | Public | $17,167 | 61.5% | Available |
| University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH | Public | $13,946 | 51.9% | Available |
| University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD | Public | $13,868 | 38.2% | Available |
| University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO | Public | $11,900 | 46.2% | Available |
| University of Delaware Newark, DE | Public | $17,799 | 80.6% | Available |
| University of Georgia Athens, GA | Public | $13,936 | 89.7% | Available |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL | Public | $10,974 | 61.6% | Available |
| University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL | Public | $9,833 | 53.2% | Available |
| University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | Public | $18,059 | 68.8% | Available |
| University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | Public | $18,851 | 71.4% | Available |
| University of La Verne La Verne, CA | Private nonprofit | $20,161 | 63.1% | Available |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | Public | $16,778 | 85.3% | Available |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO | Public | $20,268 | 74.9% | Available |
| University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE | Public | $13,441 | 47.1% | Available |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | Public | $10,359 | 50.5% | Available |
| University of North Texas Denton, TX | Public | $15,649 | 60.7% | Available |
| University of Oregon Eugene, OR | Public | $22,182 | 71.7% | Available |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | Public | $14,091 | 85.2% | Available |
| Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA | Public | $10,945 | 42.4% | Available |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA | Public | $23,433 | 63.2% | Available |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | Public | $24,953 | 86.2% | Available |
| Walden University Minneapolis, MN | Private for-profit | $33,817 | Not available | Available |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA | Public | $23,331 | 70.5% | Available |
| Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI | Public | $15,273 | 57.6% | Available |