Public Administration & Social Service at California State University - San Marcos

Every public administration and social service school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public administration and social service program at California State University - San Marcos stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and approximately 16,367 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.

CSUSM Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

CSUSM Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

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Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at CSUSM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public administration and social service majors at California State University - San Marcos.

CSUSM Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

Of the 58 public administration and social service students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from CSUSM, about 7% were men and 93% were women.

In the public administration and social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	22
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 - San Marcos. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	58

Related Majors

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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Careers That Public Administration & Social Service Grads May Go Into

A degree in public administration and 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 - San Marcos.

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 Eamuscatuli under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.