公共政策和管理硕士学位的最低要求是三十六小时，其中必须包括至少一半的学期时间（不包括5000学位论文）。公共政策和管理硕士的候选人可以从认可的学院或大学的政治学另一个课程中获得最多六个小时的研究生学分。候选人必须在进入贝勒大学的政治学研究生课程后的五年内完成课程，并且候选人必须在课程中获得B级或以上的成绩。
The minimum requirement for the Masters of Public Policy and Administration graduate degree is thirty-six hours, which must include a minimum of one-half of the semester hours required exclusive of thesis credits at the 5000 level. A Masters of Public Policy and Administration candidate may transfer up to six hours of graduate credit from another program in political science at an accredited college or university. The candidate must have completed the hours within five years of entering Baylor's Graduate Political Science program and the candidate must have earned a grade of B or above in the classes.