Public Administration & Social Service at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and approximately 103,427 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.

Grand Canyon University Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service
• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon University

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Grand Canyon University Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of public administration & social service master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in public administration & social service each year. Grand Canyon University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the public administration & social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	54
Hispanic or Latino	82
White	92
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Grand Canyon University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	221

Related Majors

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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
General and Operations Managers	50,540	$102,470
Managers	8,520	$101,630
Medical and Health Services Managers	8,160	$115,770
Social and Human Service Assistants	7,560	$34,190
Chief Executives	6,630	$194,360

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.