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West Virginia University Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at West Virginia University. 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 WVU Cost?

WVU Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at WVU paid an average of $1,453 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $563 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	$10,134	$26,154

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

Online degrees for the WVU 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 WVU Online Learning page.

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

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 57 master’s degrees in public administration and social service handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 80.7% 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 15.8% of public administration and social service master’s degree recipients at WVU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	45
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	16
Social Work	41

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.