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Smith College Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at Smith College. 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 diversity 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 Smith Cost?

Smith Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Smith was $1,690 per credit hour 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	$53,940	$53,940

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

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

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

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 119 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

About 87.4% of the students who received their Master’s in public administration and social service in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 22.7% of the public administration and social service master’s degrees at Smith in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	10
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	83
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Social Work	119

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.