Public Administration & Social Service at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year.

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.

EWU Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Public Administration & Social Service (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service
• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at EWU

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? EWU offers distance education options for public administration & social service at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

EWU Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of public administration & social service master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

Of the students who received a public administration & social service master's degree from EWU, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	67
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	23

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

Careers That Public Administration & Social Service Grads May Go Into

A degree in public administration & 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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
General and Operations Managers	47,770	$124,810
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Social and Human Service Assistants	8,090	$40,200
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	7,590	$51,990
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,950	$117,970

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.