公共管理硕士（MPA）学位为对公共服务职业感兴趣的学生提供专业教育。经国家公共政策，事务和行政管理学校协会（NASPAA）认可，该跨学科计划旨在强调成功公务员必不可少的知识，技能，价值观和行为。允许在课程上有一定的灵活性，以满足岗前和职业生涯中的学生，职业转变的学生以及公共管理专业不同专业的学生的多样化教育需求。课程的组成部分旨在培养能够在公共部门环境中进行智能和创造性分析，交流和行动的专业人员。完成至少36个学期的课程工作。
The MPA program's flexible curriculum and Ph.D.-trained faculty help students who want to enhance their career options or move seamlessly between the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Concentrations include leadership, public policy, urban planning, nonprofit administration and homeland security. Graduates land jobs as civic empowerment coordinators, emergency management leaders and senior city planners. The Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree provides professional education for students interested in public-service careers. Accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA), the interdisciplinary program is designed to stress the knowledge, skills, values, and behaviors essential to the successful public servant. Some flexibility in curriculum is permitted to meet the diverse educational needs of pre-service and in-career students, changing-career students, and students in different career specialties in public administration. The curriculum components are designed to produce professionals capable of intelligent and creative analysis, communication, and action in the public sector context.