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Program Outcomes

When deciding whether to start a graduate program, one question often asked is how well people who graduate from the program do in their professional careers. While these data are reported annually to NASPAA in the annual report, here is information on the time to graduation for each incoming class and the employment statistics, by sector, at 6-months post graduation.

Time to Complete the Program

As seen below, most students who enroll in the program graduate within two to three years of entering the program. The time to graduation varies between those students who are enrolled full time and those who work full time and take one to two classes per semester. To provide accurate data, the time to graduation is reported by looking at the students who entered the program five years ago, or in the 2017/18 academic year. Of the 34 students who entered the program, 71% graduated from the program, and the majority within 2-3 years.

The bar graph identifies that many students enrolled in the program graduate within 2 to three years of entering the program.

Employment Post-Graduation

Students who graduated with an MPA in the 2021/22 academic year reported employment in: AY 2021/22 employment chart. 36.4% public sector, 13.6% nonprofit sector, 31.8% private sector, 18.2% unknown

Students who graduated with an MPA in the 2022/23 academic year reported employment in: AY 2022/23 employment chart. 82% public sector, 18.2% nonprofit sector