Public Administration & Social Service at Housatonic Community College

Every public administration and social service school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public administration and social service program at Housatonic Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

Housatonic Community College is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and has a total student population of 3,821.

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.

Housatonic Community College Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Housatonic Community College Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

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Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Housatonic Community College

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of public administration and social service associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Housatonic Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in public administration and social service graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
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 Housatonic Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Services	6

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 CT, the home state for Housatonic Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
General and Operations Managers	30,330	$155,890
Social and Human Service Assistants	8,300	$40,800
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,510	$129,480
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	5,370	$69,520

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.