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Public Administration & Social Service at Holyoke Community College

Public Administration & Social Service at Holyoke Community College

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

Holyoke Community College is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts and approximately 4,209 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.

Holyoke Community College Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Public Administration & Social Service (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at Holyoke Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Holyoke Community College offers distance education options for public administration & social service at the following degree levels:

Holyoke Community College Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Holyoke Community College

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

Holyoke Community College Public Administration & Social Service Associate’s Program

82% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of public administration & social service associate's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in public administration & social service at Holyoke Community College are white. Around 59% 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 Holyoke Community College with a associate's in public administration & social service.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 Holyoke Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree 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 MA, the home state for Holyoke Community College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers 77,580 $135,820
Medical and Health Services Managers 15,380 $133,900
Social and Human Service Assistants 15,230 $35,390
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 12,340 $48,670
Healthcare Social Workers 10,040 $61,960

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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