Public Administration & Social Service at SUNY Cortland

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

SUNY Cortland is located in Cortland, New York and has a total student population of 6,832. In 2021, 4 public administration and social service majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY Cortland.

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.

SUNY Cortland Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

SUNY Cortland Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The public administration and social service major at SUNY Cortland 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 SUNY Cortland

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

SUNY Cortland Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 public administration and social service students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Cortland, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical public administration and social service bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Cortland since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 SUNY Cortland with a bachelor's in public administration and social service.

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

SUNY Cortland 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

If you plan to be a public administration and social service major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at SUNY Cortland. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Community Organization & Advocacy	2
Public Policy	2

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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 NY, the home state for SUNY Cortland.

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
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