Public Administration & Social Service at San Jose State University

Every public administration & 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 & social service program at San Jose State University stacks up to those at other schools.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 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.

San Jose State Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

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

San Jose State Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The public administration & social service major at San Jose State 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 San Jose State

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

San Jose State Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of public administration & social service bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% 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 San Jose State since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 Jose State University with a bachelor's in public administration & social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

San Jose State Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of public administration & social service master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

In the public administration & social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 77% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	111
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	16

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 Jose 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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.