Public Administration & Social Service at Georgia State University

If you are interested in studying public administration and 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 84 students received a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service from Georgia State.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at Georgia State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Georgia State offers distance education options for public administration and social service at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Georgia State Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public administration and social service progam at Georgia State 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Schools	36
Most Popular Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools	151
	331

In 2021, 92 students received their master’s degree in public administration and social service from Georgia State. This makes it the #152 most popular school for public administration and social service master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in public administration and 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 and social service majors at Georgia State University.

Georgia State Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 84 public administration and social service majors earned their bachelor's degree from Georgia State. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical public administration and 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 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Georgia State University with a bachelor's in public administration and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Georgia State Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

Of the 92 students who earned a master's degree in Public Administration & Social Service from Georgia State in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the public administration and social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 11% 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 and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	45
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	40
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Georgia State also has a doctoral program available in public administration and social service. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

The following public administration and social service concentations are available at Georgia State University. 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
Social Work	121
Public Administration	30
Public Policy	30

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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 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

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