Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at Rutgers University - Newark. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in public administration and social service, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Rutgers Newark paid an average of $942 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $394 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $12,230 | $29,012 |
Fees | $2,272 | $2,272 |
Books and Supplies | $1,350 | $1,350 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,929 | $13,929 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,574 | $3,574 |
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Online degrees for the Rutgers Newark public administration and social service bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Rutgers Newark Online Learning page.
Women made up around 79.7% of the public administration and social service students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 82.6%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in public administration and social service at Rutgers Newark in 2019-2020, 64.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 47%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 11 |
Black or African American | 68 |
Hispanic or Latino | 67 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 24 |
International Students | 53 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Public Administration & Social Service students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Social Work | 117 |
Other Public Administration | 114 |
*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.
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