Public Administration & Social Service at Alabama State University

If you are interested in studying public administration and social service, you may want to check out the program at Alabama State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Alabama State is located in Montgomery, Alabama and approximately 4,072 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received their master's degree in public administration and social service.

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.

Alabama State Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Alabama State Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Alabama State

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

Alabama State Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

The public administration and social service program at Alabama State awarded 15 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in public administration and social service each year. Alabama State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the public administration and social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 93% of degree recipients. That is 51% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	12
Other Public Administration	3

Related Majors

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 AL, the home state for Alabama State University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
General and Operations Managers	28,600	$118,440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,460	$40,710
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,240	$101,560
Government Programs Eligibility Interviewers	2,910	$41,620
Healthcare Social Workers	2,770	$47,740

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 Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.