Overview

The Master of Public Policy (MPP) at William Paterson University of New Jersey is centered on training students to think critically about public policy and to provide them with the required tools for understanding and creating public policy. Our programme emphasizes courses in applied policy areas from environmental policy to immigration, social inequality, public management, urban policy, labor policy, and much more.

Key Facts

Our faculty is highly distinguished in their respective fields and our courses are designed to train students to be able to understand the complex relations between the economic, political and social dimensions of public policy. The programme’s interdisciplinary curriculum provides the training you need to become an effective innovator and problem solver by integrating the practical and theoretical, and the domestic and international dimensions of policy making and management.

Students from our programme have gone on to work in public policy, government, policy research, academia, journalism, law, non-profit management, NGOs, and many other fields. Our curriculum is designed to train you regardless of your educational background, so no previous training in public policy or social science is required. We also have designed our courses so that they can be taken in the evening for those with full-time jobs.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

American Government

Research Methods in Political Science

Comparative Politics

International Relations

Public Policy in an Age of Globalization

Research Design

Tools of Policy Analysis

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-01-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

North Haledon, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

A Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from an accredited college or university and official transcripts from all institutions of higher learning attended.

Cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on a scale of 4.00.

Two letters of recommendation from professional sources.

Writing sample, preferably a graded paper or a paper that has been written in pursuit of one’s professional work.

Applicants lacking a foundation of undergraduate course work in political science or the social sciences may be required to take appropriate undergraduate courses in the discipline.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

40830 USD / year

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Out-of-State

40830 USD / year

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In-State

26190 USD / year

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Funding

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