Public Administration & Social Service at Southwestern College

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

SWC Chula Vista is located in Chula Vista, California and has a total student population of 17,621.

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.

SWC Chula Vista Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

SWC Chula Vista Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at SWC Chula Vista

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

SWC Chula Vista Public Administration & Social Service Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of public administration and social service associate's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

SWC Chula Vista does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in public administration and social service graduates 51% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southwestern College with a associate's in public administration and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Southwestern College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Services	38
Public Administration	15

Related Majors

• Legal Professions
• 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 CA, the home state for Southwestern College.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.