Public Administration & Social Service at University of Hawaii - West Oahu

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

UH West Oahu is located in Kapolei, Hawaii and approximately 3,168 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 139 public administration and social service majors received their bachelor's degree from UH West Oahu.

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.

UH West Oahu Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

UH West Oahu Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public administration and social service progam at UH West Oahu 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 UH West Oahu 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
Most Focused Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Focused Public & Social Service Schools	28
Most Popular Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Popular Public & Social Service Schools	197
Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	387
Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	485
	510
Best Value Public & Social Service Schools	529
Best Public & Social Service Schools	587
	639

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at UH West Oahu

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public administration and social service majors at University of Hawaii - West Oahu.

UH West Oahu Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 139 students earned a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service from UH West Oahu. About 73% of these graduates were women and the other 27% were men. 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 UH West Oahu since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 University of Hawaii - West Oahu with a bachelor's in public administration and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	61
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	46

UH West Oahu 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Hawaii - West Oahu. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	139

Related Majors

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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii - West Oahu.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
General and Operations Managers	9,550	$114,040
Social and Human Service Assistants	2,260	$36,700
Managers	2,000	$93,760
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,750	$56,030
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,640	$124,970

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 Joel Bradshaw under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.