Public Administration & Social Service at St Olaf College

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

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,953. In 2021, 11 public administration and social service majors received their bachelor's degree from St. Olaf.

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.

St. Olaf Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

St. Olaf Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public administration and social service progam at St. Olaf 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 St. Olaf 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 Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
	194
Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	430
Most Focused Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	576
Best Value Public & Social Service Schools	579
Most Popular Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	590
Most Popular Public & Social Service Schools	925
Most Focused Public & Social Service Schools	983

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at St. Olaf

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

St. Olaf Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public administration and social service from St. Olaf in 2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service at St. Olaf 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 St Olaf 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	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	11

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

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 MN, the home state for St Olaf College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
General and Operations Managers	46,440	$112,120
Social and Human Service Assistants	15,000	$36,160
Managers	9,350	$128,590
Medical and Health Services Managers	8,220	$110,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	8,150	$55,560

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 Daniel Edwins a.k.a. Webmoof of English Wikipedia under License

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