Public Administration & Social Service at University of Southern California

Every public administration & social service school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public administration & social service program at University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287.

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.

USC Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service
• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

USC Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

There were 198 students who received their doctoral degrees in public administration & social service, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of public administration & social service master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in public administration & social service each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the public administration & social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	110
Black or African American	102
Hispanic or Latino	331
White	302
International Students	87
Other Races/Ethnicities	58

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 Southern California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Policy	166
Public Administration	164
Other Public Administration	22

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Social and Human Service Assistants	50,600	$43,330
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	31,290	$59,500

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.