Public Administration & Social Service at Hunter College

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

Hunter is located in New York, New York and approximately 24,052 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 622 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.

Hunter Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Hunter Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 622 students graduated with a master's degree in public administration and social service from Hunter. About 16% were men and 84% were women.

In the public administration and social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	165
Hispanic or Latino	173
White	224
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

The following public administration and social service concentations are available at Hunter College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hunter College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	622

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for Hunter College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Social and Human Service Assistants	37,340	$37,180
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	28,530	$58,050
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.