Public Administration & Social Service at California State University - Long Beach

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

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 342 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.

CSULB Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

CSULB Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at CSULB

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

CSULB Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 342 students earned a master's degree in public administration and social service from CSULB. About 79% of these graduates were women and the other 21% were men.

In the public administration and social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 34% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	186
White	62
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

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 California State University - Long Beach. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	236
Public Administration	131

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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 CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

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 Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.