Master's · Charlotte, North Carolina
Is Public Administration at University of North Carolina at Charlotte worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $67,607
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $77,777
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $29,925
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $32k (likely $32k – $32k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $17k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.2 years (likely 2.7–8.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$7k (likely −$116k – $101k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $236k (likely $9k – $490k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$158,814
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$151,262
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$128,510
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$125,281
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$122,997
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$113,816
- Business/Managerial Economics (Master's)$112,577
- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$112,462
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Graduate certificate)$108,308
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$108,285
- Computer Science (Master's)$107,088
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$101,786
Public Administration at other schools in North Carolina
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$81,915
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro$78,025
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke$75,582
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh$74,197
- University of North Carolina Wilmington$73,816
- Western Carolina University$72,948
- East Carolina University$69,522
- North Carolina Central University$65,374
- Strayer University-North Carolina$62,227
- Appalachian State University$62,027