Program in Public Administration College of Humanities and Social Sciences Kennesaw State University

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) is a professional degree that prepares students for administrative and leadership positions in governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations. The program's student and teaching oriented faculty seek to contribute to the development of professional individuals with an ethos of democratic administration by providing them with a combination of solid academic learning and concrete practical experiences.

The MPA Program is a 36 semester-hour course of study that consists of three components: A seven-course core curriculum is required of all students (21 hours); a four-course concentration of the student's choice: Governmental Administration, Nonprofit Administration, or Information Systems Administration (12 hours); and a professional exercise (three hours).

MBA-MPA Program

The MBA-MPA Program is a partnership between the Coles College of Business and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers qualified students the opportunity to concurrently pursue a Masters of Business Administration and a Masters of Public Administration. The programs are completed in 51 credit hours rather than the 72 hours that would be necessary if the degrees were pursued separately.

The program consists of a minimum of 51 hours of graduate study of which 27 hours are in areas of Business Administration and 24 hours are in the areas of Masters of Public Administration. Additional credit hours may be taken depending on each student's academic background or areas of concentration in the MBA-MPA Program.

Students are required to take the core courses from both the MBA and the MPA programs. Additionally, students must take at least two additional electives in the MBA curriculum (one of which must be focused on international issues) and at least one additional elective in the MPA curriculum. Students may also take additional classes to earn a MPA concentration in Governmental Administration, Nonprofit Administration, or Information Systems Administration.

About Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw State University (KSU) is a dynamic and growing institution, now the third largest university in the University System of Georgia, and is located approximately 20 miles north of Atlanta, with easy access to other universities, industries, and natural areas. Facilities include a 104,000 square-foot science building with teaching and research labs, a new 73,500 square foot laboratory addition housing labs dedicated to research and office space for graduate students, a greenhouse, and designated off-campus sites for field research.

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More information on applying and on the graduate programs at KSU is available.

• Degrees Offered
• Major Degree Levels Offered
• Master of Public Administration (MPA)

• Degrees Awarded
• Master's Degrees 38
• Doctoral Degrees Not reported
• First Professional Degrees Not reported
• Other Advanced Degrees Not reported
• * Shows the number of degrees awarded for the last academic year that data was reported.

• Earning Your Degree
• Part-time study available? Yes
• Evening/weekend programs available? Yes
• Distance learning programs available? No
• Terminal master's degree available? Not reported

• Degree Requirements
• Master's Degrees Not reported
• Doctoral Degrees Not reported
• First Professional Degrees Not reported
• Other Advanced Degrees Not reported

• Acceptance Rate
• Applied56
• Accepted36
• Acceptance Rate64%
• Enrolled30
• Applying
• Application Fee - Domestic $60
• Application Fee - International $60
• Electronic applications accepted? Yes
• Applications processed on a rolling basis? Yes
• Application Deadlines
• Type Domestic International Priority Date
• Fall deadline July 1st July 1st Not Reported
• Winter deadline December 1st December 1st Not Reported
• Spring deadline May 1st August 1st Not Reported
• Entrance Requirements
• Master's DegreesGRE General Test, minimum GPA of 2.75
• Doctoral's DegreesNot Reported
• First-Professional's DegreesNot Reported
• Other Advanced DegreesNot Reported
• International DegreesTOEFL required, 550 paper based, TOEFL iBT, IELTS required, IELTS paper based

• Tuition & Fees
• In-state tuition *$3,000
• Out-of-state tuition *$10,836
• International student tuitionNot Reported
• * Tuition for full-time graduate student per academic year
• Fees
• Per-academic year feesNot Reported
• Per-term feesNot Reported
• One-time feeNot Reported
• * Fees for full-time graduate students
• Financial Support
• Financial award applicants must submitFAFSA
• Application deadlines for financial awardsJune 15
• Types of financial support availableResearch Assitantships, Federal Work-Study, Financial Support for Part-time Students

• Gender
• Total Graduate Students107
• Female Percentage63%
• Male Percentage37%
• Participation
• Total Graduate Students107
• Part-time Percentage60%
• Full-time Percentage40%
• Ethnicity
• Hispanic / Latino4%
• Black / African American37%
• White / Caucasian48%
• American Indian / Alaskan Native0%
• Asian1%
• Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander0%
• Two or more races5%
• Unknown5%