Public Administration & Social Service at San Francisco State University

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

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 27,349 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.

SFSU Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service
• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

SFSU Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The public administration & social service major at SFSU 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 SFSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public administration & social service majors at San Francisco State University.

SFSU Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of public administration & social service bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% 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 SFSU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 San Francisco State University with a bachelor's in public administration & social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SFSU Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of public administration & social service master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in public administration & social service each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the public administration & social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Francisco State University with a master's in public administration & social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	28
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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 San Francisco State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	32

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

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 CA, the home state for San Francisco State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Social and Human Service Assistants	50,600	$43,330
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	31,290	$59,500

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 Briantrejo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.