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Washington University in St Louis Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at Washington University in St Louis. 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 if the program is offered online, ethnicity 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 WUSTL Cost?

WUSTL Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at WUSTL was $2,346 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$56,300	$56,300
Fees	$262	$262

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

WUSTL 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 WUSTL Online Learning page.

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

There were 266 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

Of the students who received their master’s degree in public administration and social service in 2019-2020, 82.7% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 27.4% of public administration and social service master’s degree recipients at WUSTL in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	13
Native American or Alaska Native	4
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	157
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Policy	12
Social Work	247
Other Public Administration	7

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.