Public Administration & Social Service at Belhaven University

Every public administration and social service school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public administration and social service program at Belhaven University stacks up to those at other schools.

Belhaven is located in Jackson, Mississippi and has a total student population of 4,999. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 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.

Belhaven Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at Belhaven

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Belhaven offers distance education options for public administration and social service at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Belhaven Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Belhaven

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

Belhaven Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students earned a master's degree in public administration and social service from Belhaven. About 93% of these graduates were women and the other 7% were men.

In the public administration and social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 89% of degree recipients. That is 47% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	50

Related Majors

• 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 MS, the home state for Belhaven University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
General and Operations Managers	23,850	$77,800
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,010	$94,800
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,700	$35,100
Social and Human Service Assistants	2,230	$28,710

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 David Lazich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.