Public Administration & Social Service at Iowa Wesleyan University

If you are interested in studying public administration and social service, you may want to check out the program at Iowa Wesleyan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Iowa Wesleyan is located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa and approximately 704 students attend the school each year. Of the 146 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Iowa Wesleyan University in 2021, 10 of them were public administration and social service majors.

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.

Iowa Wesleyan Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at Iowa Wesleyan

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Iowa Wesleyan does offer online education options in public administration and social service for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Iowa Wesleyan Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public administration and social service progam at Iowa Wesleyan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public administration and social service major at Iowa Wesleyan 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 Focused Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77
Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Schools	126
Most Focused Public & Social Service Schools	219
Most Popular Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	615
Most Popular Public & Social Service Schools	955

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Iowa Wesleyan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public administration and social service majors at Iowa Wesleyan University.

Iowa Wesleyan Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Administration & Social Service from Iowa Wesleyan in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service at Iowa Wesleyan are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Iowa Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in public administration and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Iowa Wesleyan also has a doctoral program available in public administration and social service. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Iowa Wesleyan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Services	10

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
• 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 IA, the home state for Iowa Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,670	$85,800
Social and Human Service Assistants	4,660	$35,030
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,930	$44,720
Managers	2,880	$101,360

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 Robert Thall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.