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Widener University Master’s in Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service is a program of study at Widener University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in public administration and social service, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of 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 Widener Cost?

Widener Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Widener paid an average of $936 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	$24,500	$24,500
Fees	$310	$310

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

Widener 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 Widener Online Learning page.

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

There were 298 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 88.9% 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 47.3% of the public administration and social service master’s degrees at Widener in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 41%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	101
Hispanic or Latino	29
Native American or Alaska Native	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	147
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	2
Social Work	296

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.