Public Administration & Social Service at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

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

SMWC is located in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana and has a total student population of 1,099. Of the 206 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in 2021, 16 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.

SMWC Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at SMWC

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SMWC does offer online courses in public administration and social service for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SMWC Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public administration and social service major at SMWC 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	118
Most Focused Public & Social Service Schools	301

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at SMWC

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

SMWC Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of public administration and social service bachelor's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service at SMWC 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 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor's in public administration and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SMWC 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 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Services	16

Related Majors

• Legal Professions

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 IN, the home state for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,350	$101,720
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	7,240	$40,090
Social and Human Service Assistants	6,530	$31,080

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 Nheyob under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.