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Public Administration

Approximately 100 -125 students are enrolled in the program at any given time. Their average age is 28, though the ages range from 21 - 40+. Since the program was initiated in 1987, more than 400 people have earned graduate degrees in Public Administration at UIC.

2007 Incoming Class Demographics

    Women: 47%
    Men: 53%

    Minority: 37%
    International: 6%

    Average Age: 28
    Average Undergraduate GPA: 3.37 (last 60 credit hours)
    Percentage of Students Attending Part-time: 70
Sample of Undergraduate Institutions
    Aurora College
    Boston University
    California State University
    Cornell University
    DePaul University
    Duke University
    Elmhurst College
    Grambling State University
    Hendrix College
    Illinois State University
    Iowa State University
    Lewis University
    Loyola Marymount University
    Loyola University
    Marquette University
    Northeastern Illinois University
    Northern Illinois University
    Ohio State University
    Ohio University
    Pont University Cato Peru
    Purdue University
    Saint Xavier Univ.
    Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    State University of New York at Binghampton
    University of Illinois at Chicago
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    University of California - Santa Barbara
    University of Cincinnati
    University of Michigan Ann Arbor
    University of Missouri Columbia
    University of Pennsylvania
    University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    Viterbo University
    Warsaw University
    Western Washington University
Sample of Undergraduate Majors
    Business
    Chinese
    Communication
    Criminal Justice
    Economics
    Education
    English
    General Studies
    Healthcare Administration
    History
    Human Resource Management
    Human Services
    Humanities
    Industrial and Labor Relations
    International, Resource, and Consumer Economics
    Liberal Studies
    Management
    Marketing
    Mass Communications
    Political Science
    Psychology
    Public Services
    Science of Law
    Sociology
    Spanish
    Speech Communication
    Urban Planning

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