Students are encouraged to receive outside funding to support their dissertation research. There are twelve faculty members who will be primarily involved in offering graduate courses and doctoral seminars and serving on doctoral committees in the Ph.D. in Public Administration. There are additional faculty members in Political Science and in other departments who have research interests that correspond very closely with the substantive areas covered by the doctoral program. The Public Administration Program is nationally recognized for its research productivity. The average rank across all eight measures is 9.4.
Faculty members are also well represented on the editorial boards of journals.
In addition to publication in scholarly journals, the faculty has authored five textbooks in different subfields which are widely used in graduate courses. They are also strongly committed to a wide range of service, applied research and other outreach efforts. These will provide research opportunities for doctoral students and generate resources to support them. Opportunities for Graduates Public administration as an educational field is growing, and the research capability of public and non-profit organizations is being expanded. The demand for public administration education at the graduate level continues to be strong, growing 26 percent between 1983 and 1993.