The study was undertaken in collaboration with the Kentucky Governmental Services Center (GSC) public administrators regarding the value of public administration education and training. A total of 1,467 out of 1,500 randomly selected public administrators submitted the mailed questionnaire; some respondents had completed a Management Awareness Training Program conducted by the Kentucky GSC, and some had not. Sixty percent of respondents believed that public managers need a related college degree, while 38.4% did not believe so. Women viewed the importance of college education at the same level of importance as males, while none-whites felt that a college education was more important than whites did. The perceived need for specialized training and education in public administration was more prevalent among non-white respondents and respondents above the age of 49. Commitment to training ranked highest among non-whites and women. The two most useful fields of study were perceived to be personnel management and public relations, followed by policy/program analysis, budgeting, management information systems, administrative law, and statistics/research methods. Eleven tables are included. (JDD)