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Most Popular Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in Delaware

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2023 Most Popular Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in Delaware

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Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree School for You

Public Administration & Social Service is one of the most popular subjects to study in Delaware. With 160 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in Delaware ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Delaware to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Administration & Social Service program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public administration and social service majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Delaware State University the most popular school in Delaware for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. Del State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Dover.

About 86% of the students majoring in public administration and social service at the school are women while 14% are male.

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#2

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Wilmington University is a great place for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. Wilmington University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of New Castle.

Women make up 87% of the public administration and social service majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Delaware helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public administration and social service schools in Delaware. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 20 students majoring in public administration and social service at UD, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Strayer University - Delaware helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public administration and social service schools in Delaware. Strayer University - Delaware is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Newark.

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Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Administration & Social Service Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 6,455
Pennsylvania 2,116
Maryland 1,050
New Jersey 1,665
District of Columbia 820

Public Administration & Social Service Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 33,631
Public Administration 13,571
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Related Major Annual Graduates
Legal Professions 45,189
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 13,045
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 10,452
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 1,613

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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