Public Administration & Social Service at Buffalo State

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

Buffalo State is located in Buffalo, New York and approximately 8,339 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,564 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Buffalo State in 2021, 73 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.

Buffalo State Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Buffalo State Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public administration and social service progam at Buffalo State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public administration and social service major at Buffalo 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	17

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Buffalo State

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

Buffalo State Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service from Buffalo State. About 11% were men and 89% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Buffalo State with a bachelor's in public administration and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Buffalo State 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 Buffalo State. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Buffalo State. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	73
Public Administration	3

Related Majors

• 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 NY, the home state for Buffalo State.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Social and Human Service Assistants	37,340	$37,180
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	28,530	$58,050
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230

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 Fortunate4now under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.