Public Administration & Social Service at Virginia State University

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

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,020. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students received a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service from Virginia State.

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.

Virginia State Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Virginia State Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public administration and social service programs across the country. The following shows how Virginia State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public administration and social service major at Virginia State 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 Popular Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools	145
Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	295
Best Value Public & Social Service Schools	418
Most Popular Public & Social Service Schools	534

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

The public administration and social service program at Virginia State awarded 35 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 Virginia State University with a bachelor's in public administration and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Virginia State 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 Virginia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	35

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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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 VA, the home state for Virginia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	9,340	$51,880
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,650	$116,770
Social and Human Service Assistants	7,250	$33,580

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 Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.