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Public Administration & Social Service at The University of Alabama

Public Administration & Social Service at The University of Alabama

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

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and has a total student population of 37,840.

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.

UA 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 UA

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

UA Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in public administration & social service, making the school the #70 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at UA

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

UA Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

84% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of public administration & social service master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

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Of the students who received a public administration & social service master's degree from UA, 66% 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 The University of Alabama with a master's in public administration & social service.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 48
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 113
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

If you plan to be a public administration & social service major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Alabama. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration 19

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
General and Operations Managers 28,600 $118,440
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 3,460 $40,710
Medical and Health Services Managers 3,240 $101,560
Government Programs Eligibility Interviewers 2,910 $41,620
Healthcare Social Workers 2,770 $47,740

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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