Public Administration & Social Service at South Carolina State University

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

South Carolina State University is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and approximately 2,339 students attend the school each year. Of the 309 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from South Carolina State University in 2021, 14 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.

South Carolina State University Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

South Carolina State University Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public administration and social service progam at South Carolina State University 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 South Carolina State University 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
Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	426
	457
Most Focused Public & Social Service Schools	505
Most Popular Public & Social Service Schools	851

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at South Carolina State University

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

South Carolina State University Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 public administration and social service students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from South Carolina State University, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public administration and social service bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

South Carolina State University 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

The following public administration and social service concentations are available at South Carolina State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from South Carolina State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	14

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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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 SC, the home state for South Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
General and Operations Managers	32,520	$101,400
Social and Human Service Assistants	6,170	$31,660
Medical and Health Services Managers	5,470	$98,780
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,320	$38,930
Health Specialties Professors	2,980	$72,470

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 Pollinator at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.