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Brown University Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at Brown University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in public administration and social service, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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

How Much Does a Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service from Brown Cost?

Brown Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Brown was $1,851 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$59,254	$59,254
Fees	$1,109	$1,109

Does Brown Offer an Online Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service?

Brown does not offer an online option for its public administration and social service master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Brown Online Learning page.

Brown Master’s Student Diversity for Public Administration & Social Service

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 55 master’s degrees in public administration and social service handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 61.8% of the public administration and social service students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 78.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 30.9% of the public administration and social service master’s degrees at Brown in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	14
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service Focus Areas at Brown

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Policy	55

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.