Status quo and Reflection: An Empirical Analysis of Master’s dissertations on Public Administration in China

This study focuses on the master’s dissertations on public administration in "Project 985" colleges. Taking the type of colleges, subject ranking and the number of theses online into account, 9 colleges is chosen as the data source. By using the stratified sampling method, 876 samples of master's dissertations on administrative management from 2004 to 2012 have been picked out. By using the content analysis, a statistic measurement is done on the key factors of the samples such as topic resource, subject areas, focus, study type, research techniques and academic norm. Based on the analysis, the gains and losses of the master's dissertations on administrative management in China are identified. Then from the perspective of graduate education, this study presents specific proposals on the common problems in master’s degree theses.