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New York University Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at New York 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, 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 NYU Cost?

NYU Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at NYU was $1,928 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	$34,704	$34,704
Fees	$2,188	$2,188

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

If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. NYU does offer online classes in its public administration and social service master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NYU Online Learning page.

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

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 830 students received their master’s degree in public administration and social service. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 81.0% of the public administration and social service students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in public administration and social service at NYU in 2019-2020, 40.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	69
Black or African American	88
Hispanic or Latino	137
Native American or Alaska Native	2
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	386
International Students	78
Other Races/Ethnicities	70

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	244
Social Work	578
Other Public Administration	8

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.