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Simmons University Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at Simmons University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in public administration and social service, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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 Simmons Cost?

Simmons Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Simmons paid an average of $1,196 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	$21,528	$21,528
Fees	$170	$170

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

Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the public administration and social service master’s degree program at Simmons. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Simmons Online Learning page.

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

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 576 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

Of the students who received their master’s degree in public administration and social service in 2019-2020, 88.4% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 36.8% of public administration and social service master’s degree recipients at Simmons in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	104
Hispanic or Latino	68
Native American or Alaska Native	3
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
White	316
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	72

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Policy	5
Social Work	571

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.