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University of North Carolina at Wilmington Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in public administration and social service, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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 UNCW Cost?

UNCW Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UNCW was $1,135 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $336 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	$4,719	$18,548
Fees	$2,738	$2,738

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

Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the public administration and social service master’s degree program at UNCW. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UNCW Online Learning page.

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

There were 97 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 79.4% of the public administration and social service students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 78.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in public administration and social service at UNCW in 2019-2020, 19.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	7
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	78
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	19
Social Work	78

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.