农业经济学系和布什政府与公共服务学院之间的联合学位计划允许农业经济学本科生在得克萨斯州A＆M大学高三（通常是四年级）开始时进入公共服务硕士课程。这使学生能够在五年内获得农业经济学理学学士学位（BS AGEC）和公共服务与管理硕士学位（MPSA）的学位，重点是公共政策分析（PPA）。该计划共计151个小时，两个学位均累加17个小时。要考虑进入5年制学位课程，农业经济学专业的学生必须具有最低3.25的GPA并完成获得学士学位所需的120个小时课程中的103个小时。这些课程必须包括获得农业经济学学士学位的所有特
The combined program between the Department of Agricultural Economics and the Bush School of Government and Public Service allows undergraduate Agricultural Economics students to enter the Master of Public Service and Administration Program at the beginning of their senior year (typically year four) at Texas A&M University. This enables students to receive both their Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics (BS AGEC) and a Master of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) graduate degree, with a track emphasis in public policy analysis (PPA), in five years. <br><br>To be considered for the 5-year combined degree program, Agricultural Economics students must have a minimum 3.25 GPA and have completed 103 of the 120 hours of course work required to receive a bachelor's degree. These courses must include all of the specific prerequisites for a BS in Agricultural Economics, as well as the courses required by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and by Texas A&M University for an undergraduate degree.<br><br>Students in the 32 combined program will submit the same materials as other MPSA applicants, the one exception to this is the submission of a 2-page application found on the Bush School website rather than the application at the Texas A&M UniCAS application portal, hence no application fee. Students whose records are judged to be competitive by the mid-January deadline will be invited to attend the GBS Interview Conference Weekend in late February/early March. The admissions criteria for the five-year program will be the same as for other MPSA students.