Public Administration & Social Service at Carthage College

If you plan to study public administration and social service, take a look at what Carthage College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carthage is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 2,763. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service from Carthage.

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.

Carthage Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Carthage Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public administration and social service major at Carthage 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 Focused Public & Social Service Schools	732

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Carthage

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

Carthage Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public administration and social service from Carthage in 2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service at Carthage are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Carthage 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

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 Carthage College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	15

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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 WI, the home state for Carthage College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
General and Operations Managers	33,340	$126,950
Managers	12,400	$85,050
Social and Human Service Assistants	10,450	$37,230
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,250	$107,920
Chief Executives	5,240	$154,820

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 Richie Diesterheft under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.