Public Administration & Social Service at Great Basin College

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

Great Basin College is located in Elko, Nevada and approximately 3,772 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.

Great Basin College Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Public Administration & Social Service (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at Great Basin College

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? Great Basin College offers distance education options for public administration and social service at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Great Basin College Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

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.

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Great Basin College

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

Great Basin College Public Administration & Social Service Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of public administration and social service associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in public administration and social service at Great Basin College are white. Around 88% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Great Basin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Services	8

Related Majors

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 NV, the home state for Great Basin College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
General and Operations Managers	18,330	$128,080
Managers	7,120	$102,060
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,130	$52,410
Medical and Health Services Managers	2,360	$121,120
Social and Human Service Assistants	2,090	$36,850

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.