Public Administration & Social Service at Union University

If you are interested in studying public administration and social service, you may want to check out the program at Union University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Union is located in Jackson, Tennessee and approximately 3,071 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 78 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.

Union Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Union Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Union

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

Union Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of public administration and social service master's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

Of the students who received a public administration and social service master's degree from Union, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public administration and social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	40
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

If you plan to be a public administration and social service major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Union University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	78

Related Majors

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 TN, the home state for Union University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
General and Operations Managers	41,980	$110,580
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Medical and Health Services Managers	10,320	$101,550
Chief Executives	6,680	$152,730
Health Specialties Professors	5,690	$102,310

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 Morgan Riley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.