Public Administration & Social Service at Georgia State University

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

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 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.

Georgia State Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

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

Georgia State Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The public administration & social service major at Georgia State 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.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in public administration & social service, making the school the #70 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of public administration & social service bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical public administration & social service bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Georgia State since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Georgia State University with a bachelor's in public administration & social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	46
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Georgia State 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 59% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	28
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 Georgia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	30
Public Policy	30

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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Medical and Health Services Managers	8,790	$111,850
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	8,660	$41,040
Social and Human Service Assistants	8,070	$29,360

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.