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Vanderbilt University Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at Vanderbilt University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in public administration and social service, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these 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 Vanderbilt Cost?

Vanderbilt Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Vanderbilt paid an average of $2,087 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$50,082	$50,082
Fees	$542	$542

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

Online degrees for the Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt Online Learning page.

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

There were 50 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 82.0% 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

Around 28.0% of public administration and social service master’s degree recipients at Vanderbilt in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	31
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Community Organization & Advocacy	25
Public Policy	25

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.