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Master of Public Administration
What kind of education does it take to build quality schools where none existed? To found a shelter for battered women and keep it running day after day? To reengineer a failing agency so it delivers services on time, in volume, and under budget? To create an immunization program for children who’ve never even seen a doctor? To float a billion dollar bond proposal to revitalize a declining city? To draft and pass a bill to help a neighborhood suffering from an environmental threat?
Around the world, MPA graduates do these jobs every day—and more.
Our students' career goals vary. Public, nonprofit, private, or all three: that's the new world of public affairs. And our students are amazingly diverse, hailing from 71 countries around the world. But despite this diversity in goals and backgrounds, all our graduates share two bonds: a passion for public service, and an education that lets them convert raw passion into effective practice.