Public Administration & Social Service at University of Maine

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

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and has a total student population of 11,741. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 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.

UMaine Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Online Classes Are Available at UMaine

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

• Master’s Degree

UMaine Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at UMaine

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

UMaine Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students earned a master's degree in public administration and social service from UMaine. About 91% of these graduates were women and the other 9% were men.

Of the students who received a public administration and social service master's degree from UMaine, 89% 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 University of Maine with a master's in public administration and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	42
International Students	0
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 University of Maine. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	47

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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
General and Operations Managers	12,510	$98,100
Social and Human Service Assistants	3,230	$34,830
Medical and Health Services Managers	2,000	$93,100
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,550	$52,130
Managers	1,380	$96,570

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 Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.