Public Administration & Social Service at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 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.

USC Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

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

USC Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The public administration & social service major at USC 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 198 students who received their doctoral degrees in public administration & social service, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of public administration & social service bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% 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 USC since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in public administration & social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

USC Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of public administration & social service master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in public administration & social service each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the public administration & social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	110
Black or African American	102
Hispanic or Latino	331
White	302
International Students	87
Other Races/Ethnicities	58

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Policy	199
Public Administration	164
Other Public Administration	22

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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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Social and Human Service Assistants	50,600	$43,330
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	31,290	$59,500

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

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