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University of Houston Master’s in Public Administration

Public Administration is a concentration offered under the public administration major at University of Houston. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in public admin, 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
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Public Admin from UH Cost?

UH Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UH paid an average of $982 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $474 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,539	$17,681
Fees	$1,008	$1,008

Does UH Offer an Online Master’s in Public Admin?

UH does not offer an online option for its public admin master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UH Online Learning page.

UH Master’s Student Diversity for Public Admin

There were 9 master’s degrees in public admin awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 66.7% of the public admin students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 60.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 66.7% of public admin master’s degree recipients at UH in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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.