Public Administration & Social Service at Liberty 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 Liberty University stacks up to those at other schools.

Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and approximately 93,349 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 244 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.

Liberty University Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at Liberty 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? Liberty University offers distance education options for public administration and social service at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Liberty University Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Liberty University

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

Liberty University Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

Of the 244 students who earned a master's degree in Public Administration & Social Service from Liberty University in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in public administration and social service each year. Liberty University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 32% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	116
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	57

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	180
Public Policy	98
Human Services	2

Related Majors

• Military Technologies & Applied Sciences
• Legal Professions
• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 VA, the home state for Liberty University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	9,340	$51,880
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,650	$116,770
Social and Human Service Assistants	7,250	$33,580

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.