Public Administration & Social Service at University of Chicago

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

UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 17,834.

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.

UChicago Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service
• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

UChicago Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The public administration & social service major at UChicago 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in public administration & social service, making the school the #59 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at UChicago

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public administration & social service majors at University of Chicago.

UChicago Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of public administration & social service bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical public administration & social service bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at UChicago since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public administration & social service bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	31
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UChicago Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of public administration & social service master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Of the students who received a public administration & social service master's degree from UChicago, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Chicago with a master's in public administration & social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	103
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

The following public administration & social service concentations are available at University of Chicago. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Chicago. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Policy	411

Related Majors

Careers That Public Administration & Social Service Grads May Go Into

A degree in public administration & 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 IL, the home state for University of Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	13,910	$56,100
Social and Human Service Assistants	13,080	$32,910
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140

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 Leefon under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.