Public Administration & Social Service at California State University - Los Angeles

If you plan to study public administration & social service, take a look at what California State University - Los Angeles has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal State LA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 26,745 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Administration & Social Service section at the bottom of this page.

Cal State LA Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service
• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Cal State LA Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The public administration & social service major at Cal State LA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Administration & Social Service. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Cal State LA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public administration & social service majors at California State University - Los Angeles.

Cal State LA Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of public administration & social service bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public administration & social service bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in public administration & social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	219
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Cal State LA Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of public administration & social service master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

In the public administration & social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 82% of degree recipients. That is 38% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Los Angeles with a master's in public administration & social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	101
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	39

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

Careers That Public Administration & Social Service Grads May Go Into

A degree in public administration & social service can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Social and Human Service Assistants	50,600	$43,330
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	31,290	$59,500

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Justefrain under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.