Public Administration & Social Service at Valparaiso University

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

Valpo is located in Valparaiso, Indiana and approximately 3,122 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service from Valpo.

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.

Valpo Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Valpo Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The public administration and social service major at Valpo 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 Valpo

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

Valpo Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 public administration and social service students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Valpo, about 7% were men and 93% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service at Valpo 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 Valparaiso University 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	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Valpo 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

Public Administration & Social Service majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Valparaiso University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	14

Related Majors

• Military Technologies & Applied Sciences
• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

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 IN, the home state for Valparaiso University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers	54,610	$103,370
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,350	$101,720
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	7,240	$40,090
Social and Human Service Assistants	6,530	$31,080

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 Runner1928 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.