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Tufts University Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at Tufts 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 Tufts Cost?

Tufts Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Tufts paid an average of $1,799 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$54,196	$54,196
Fees	$972	$972

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

Tufts 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 Tufts Online Learning page.

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

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 19 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 78.9% of the students who received their Master’s in public administration and social service in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 78.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 52.6% of public administration and social service master’s degree recipients at Tufts in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Policy	9
Other Public Administration	10

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.