Public Administration & Social Service at Canisius College

If you are interested in studying public administration and social service, you may want to check out the program at Canisius College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Canisius is located in Buffalo, New York and has a total student population of 2,820. Of the 611 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Canisius College in 2021, 9 of them were public administration and social service majors.

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.

Canisius Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Canisius Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public administration and social service progam at Canisius compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public administration and social service major at Canisius 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Public & Social Service Schools	996

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Canisius

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public administration and social service majors at Canisius College.

Canisius Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 public administration and social service students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Canisius, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public administration and social service bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Canisius College with a bachelor's in public administration and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Canisius also has a doctoral program available in public administration and social service. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

If you plan to be a public administration and social service major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Canisius College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Services	9

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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 NY, the home state for Canisius College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Social and Human Service Assistants	37,340	$37,180
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	28,530	$58,050
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230

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 Andre Carrotflower under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.