公共行政关注政府的组织方式，政策的制定和实施以及公民每天遇到的政治现实。这种集中精力可以帮助学生掌握管理原理和技术，研究和评估技能以及对社会，经济和政治行为的分析。圣路易斯大学的公共和社会政策计划提供天主教耶稣会教育，帮助学生准备应对重大的社会和政治问题。该计划使学生为解决当今一些最大的问题做好准备，其中包括美国城市和世界贫困国家的持续贫困，城市更新，种族和族裔不平等以及健康差距。SLU的博士学位 公共和社会政策专业的学生可以通过提供多种学科观点，先进的方法技能以及在学术或应用背景下进行原创研究的能力，为
Public administration is concerned with how governments are organized, how policies are developed and implemented, and the political reality that citizens encounter daily. This concentration helps students acquire proficiency in management principles and techniques, research and evaluation skills, and the analysis of social, economic and political behavior. Saint Louis University's public and social policy program provides a Catholic, Jesuit education to prepare students to engage with significant social and political problems. The program prepares students to tackle some of the biggest problems of the times, including persistent poverty both in American cities and in poor countries around the world, urban renewal, racial and ethnic inequality, and health disparities. SLU's Ph.D. in public and social policy prepares students for scholarly and leadership roles in government, universities, research and public service organizations by providing them with multiple disciplinary perspectives, advanced methodological skills, and the ability to conduct original research in an academic or applied setting. Students will learn how quality research can inform both basic and policy-related questions, and they will have the ability to share their knowledge with both academic and nonacademic audiences. SLU's doctoral degree in public and social policy requires 33 credits of graduate courses above previous master's-level work and 12 credits of dissertation credit.