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West Chester University of Pennsylvania Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. 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 WCUPA Cost?

WCUPA Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at WCUPA was $774 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $516 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$9,288	$13,932
Fees	$2,610	$2,826

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

WCUPA 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 WCUPA Online Learning page.

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

There were 170 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 81.8% 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

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 46.5% of the public administration and social service master’s degrees at WCUPA in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	64
Hispanic or Latino	7
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	89
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	42
Social Work	128

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.