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

National University is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 18,070. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 94 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.

National University Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

National University Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at National University

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

National University Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

The public administration and social service program at National University awarded 94 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 52% of these degrees went to men with the other 48% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in public administration and social service each year. National University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 30% more men than average.

In the public administration and social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	94

Related Majors

• 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 CA, the home state for National University.

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 University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.