Public Administration & Social Service at University of Central Oklahoma

What traits are you looking for in a public administration and social service school? To help you decide if University of Central Oklahoma is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public administration and social service program.

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and approximately 14,132 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 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.

UCO Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at UCO

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

• Master’s Degree

UCO Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at UCO

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

UCO Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 public administration and social service majors earned their master's degree from UCO. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women.

In the public administration and social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Administration	23

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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
General and Operations Managers	25,770	$104,860
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,450	$90,680
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	6,330	$36,470
Chief Executives	3,600	$157,540
Healthcare Social Workers	1,980	$48,580

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 Houstonman6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.