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University of Nevada - Las Vegas Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at University of Nevada - Las Vegas. 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 UNLV Cost?

UNLV Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UNLV paid an average of $624 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $297 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$5,675	$21,328
Fees	$634	$634

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

Online degrees for the UNLV 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 UNLV Online Learning page.

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

There were 118 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 74.6% 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 66.1% of public administration and social service master’s degree recipients at UNLV in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	40
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	41
Social Work	77

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.