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University of Maryland - Baltimore Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at University of Maryland - Baltimore. 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 UMB Cost?

UMB Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UMB was $1,307 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $729 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	$15,132	$32,971
Fees	$1,906	$1,906

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

UMB 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 UMB Online Learning page.

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

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 468 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

Women made up around 86.5% of the public administration and social service students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in public administration and social service at UMB in 2019-2020, 50.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	139
Hispanic or Latino	57
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	227
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Social Work	468

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.