Public Administration & Social Service at University of Delaware

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

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and approximately 23,613 students attend the school each year.

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.

UD Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UD

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UD does offer online courses in public administration & social service for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UD Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The public administration & social service major at UD 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 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in public administration & social service, making the school the #133 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of public administration & social service bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% 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 UD since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public administration & social service at UD 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 University of Delaware with a bachelor's in public administration & social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	70
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UD Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of public administration & social service master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in public administration & social service each year. UD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public administration & social service master's degree from UD, 72% 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 Delaware with a master's in public administration & social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Delaware. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Human Services	68
Public Policy	46
Public Administration	18

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
General and Operations Managers	3,960	$150,940
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,190	$40,380
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,040	$131,260
Managers	900	$134,410
Social and Human Service Assistants	840	$33,590

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.