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Boston University Doctorate in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at Boston University. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in public administration and social service, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Public Administration & Social Service from Boston U Cost?

Boston U Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Boston U paid an average of $1,777 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$56,854	$56,854
Fees	$812	$812

Does Boston U Offer an Online Doctorate in Public Administration & Social Service?

Online degrees for the Boston U public administration and social service doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Boston U Online Learning page.

Boston U Doctorate Student Diversity for Public Administration & Social Service

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 10 students received their doctor’s degree in public administration and social service. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in public administration and social service in 2019-2020, 90.0% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 70.1%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 10.0% of the public administration and social service doctor’s degrees at Boston U in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 38%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Doctorate in Public Administration & Social Service Focus Areas at Boston U

Public Administration & Social Service students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Social Work	4
Other Public Administration	6

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.