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University of California - Berkeley Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at University of California - Berkeley. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in public administration and social service, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of 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 UC Berkeley Cost?

UC Berkeley Graduate Tuition and Fees

The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$11,442	$26,544
Fees	$2,803	$2,803

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

Online degrees for the UC Berkeley 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 UC Berkeley Online Learning page.

UC Berkeley Master’s Student Diversity for Public Administration & Social Service

There were 217 master’s degrees in public administration and social service awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 66.4% 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

Around 44.7% of public administration and social service master’s degree recipients at UC Berkeley in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	49
Native American or Alaska Native	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	95
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Policy	126
Social Work	91

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.