Public Administration & Social Service at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

If you plan to study public administration and social service, take a look at what New Mexico State University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has a total student population of 14,227. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 74 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.

NMSU Main Campus Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at NMSU Main Campus

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? NMSU Main Campus offers distance education options for public administration and social service at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

NMSU Main Campus Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public administration and social service majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 74 public administration and social service majors earned their master's degree from NMSU Main Campus. Of these graduates, 24% were men and 76% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in public administration and social service each year. NMSU Main Campus does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the public administration and social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 66% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	22
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	65
Public Administration	9

Related Majors

• 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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
General and Operations Managers	13,880	$101,720
Social and Human Service Assistants	3,400	$33,630
Managers	2,850	$96,490
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,830	$41,460
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,640	$122,650

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.