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Public Administration & Social Service at Highline College

Public Administration & Social Service at Highline College

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

Highline is located in Des Moines, Washington and approximately 5,829 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.

Highline Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Highline Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The public administration & social service major at Highline 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.

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Highline

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

Highline Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of public administration & social service bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% 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 Highline since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Highline College with a bachelor's in public administration & social service.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

The following public administration & social service concentations are available at Highline College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Highline College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

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 WA, the home state for Highline College.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
General and Operations Managers 47,770 $124,810
Managers 11,280 $125,490
Social and Human Service Assistants 8,090 $40,200
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 7,590 $51,990
Medical and Health Services Managers 6,950 $117,970

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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