Public Administration

Overview

Practitioners and pre-service students develop skills essential to successful public service careers. Our diverse student body is engaged in learning, community service, and research.

Like most professional degrees, earning the MPA degree can lead to successful careers in a wide variety of fields. Graduates of the Public Administration program of Savannah State University work in national, state and local government agencies; national, regional and local nonprofit organizations; international non-governmental organizations and more.

The MPA program seeks to:

• Prepare public managers to assume management and leadership positions in a variety of organizational settings in Coastal Georgia and beyond;

• Provide students with the knowledge, skills and abilities identified as important to job entry and career advancement;

• Help students develop and apply general public management knowledge and skills in solving problems typically faced by managers in the public and nonprofit sectors;

• Encourage students to demonstrate commitment to public service through such opportunities as internships, organized projects, and community involvement; and,

• Graduate students who have developed the knowledge, skills, and abilities to act ethically and effectively as public administrators who will lead and manage in public governance.