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Overview
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Graduate students in the Public Administration program at Missouri State University are individuals with diverse academic and professional backgrounds, many of whom work full-time and are practicing public administrators and non-profit organization professionals.
Prepare for a career in public service and vital professional development in leading public agencies and nonprofit organizations. In the program, you'll develop theoretical and analytical insight into the problems of governance in a democratic society, into the interplay between politics and public service and into the relationships between elected officials and bureaucracy.
Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to lead and manage in public governance.
- Students will participate in and contribute to the policy process.
- Students will be able to analyze, synthesize, think critically, solve problems, and make decisions.
- Students will articulate and apply a public service perspective.
- Students will be able to communicate and interact productively with a diverse and changing workforce and citizenry.
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:- Policy Analysis
- Quantitative Methods of Political Science and Public Policy
- Seminar in Public Administration
- In-Service Training in Public Administration
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
English
TOEFL® IBT The TOEFL iBT® is given online through the internet at designated testing site. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30. 79
IELTS The International English Language Test System (IELTS) tests your English-language proficiency on a scale of 1 – 9. The score refers to the combined average score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading). 6
Credits
36 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Public Policy View 320 other Masters in Public Policy in United StatesAcademic requirements
GPA Your GPA, or Grade Point Average, is a number that indicates how well or how high you scored in your courses on average. Usually a GPA scales between 1.0 and 4.0, however different countries and universities can have different grading systems. 3
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT The TOEFL iBT® is given online through the internet at designated testing site. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30. 79
IELTS The International English Language Test System (IELTS) tests your English-language proficiency on a scale of 1 – 9. The score refers to the combined average score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading). 6
Other requirements
General requirements
- 3.00 GPA (on a 4.00 scale) in undergraduate degree from an accredited institution.
- Three strong letters of recommendation from undergraduate professors and/or persons well acquainted with the applicant's education and abilities.
- Applicants with a GPA between 2.75 and 2.99 may be admitted to the program on a provisional status at the discretion of the MPA director. A personal interview may be required.
- Foreign students applying for admission to the MPA program who do not have an undergraduate degree from an American university must have completed the equivalent of an undergraduate degree at an accredited university. They must also demonstrate graduate-level proficiency in English by either having achieved a score of 550 on the paper-based, or a comparable score of 79 on the IBT or internet- based TOEFL, or by other equivalent means.
Tuition Fee
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International
21879 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 21879 USD per year and a duration of 12 months. -
National
10881 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 10881 USD per year and a duration of 12 months. -
In-State
10881 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 10881 USD per year and a duration of 12 months.
Funding
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