Overview

The Public Administration and Policy MPAP programme of University of Michigan - Dearborn serves a diverse student body representing a variety of public service organizations. MPAP students are mainly mid-career professionals working in government or nonprofit organizations and committed to learning and developing as individuals, administrators, and policymakers. Our seminars are conveniently offered to accommodate full-time jobs.

The MPAP curriculum emphasizes the integration of practical skills and knowledge with an understanding of the concepts and theories that help leaders adapt those skills in an ever-changing environment. Our classes will develop and improve your skills in policy development and implementation, as well as leadership, personnel, strategic management, fundraising, and programme evaluation.

You will engage with your peers coming from various backgrounds, learn from each others' professional experiences, and master your ability to work in different organizational settings with diverse groups of individuals. You will engage with faculty whose research, academic training, and professional experience covers a wide array of public administration and policy areas and whose primary goal is to build a cadre of high caliber public and nonprofit leaders to enable our region, state, and nation to address contemporary and future challenges successfully.

Key facts:

UM-Dearborn MPAP programme’s mission is to empower individuals to tackle the challenges of public and nonprofit leadership so their organizations can thrive and advance the public interest. To accomplish this, we build on the public service commitment of our students by equipping them with the theoretical and practical knowledge, skill-base and network to advance transformative change on behalf of their communities.

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Programme Structure

Courses included:

Politics
Public Policy

Governmental & Nonprofit Finance

Administration of Human Resources

Statistics for Decision-Making

Ethics in Public Administration & Policy

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Dearborn, United States

Disciplines

Public Administration Public Policy View 408 other Masters in Public Policy in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

The following list generalizes our requirements for admission consideration.

A completed graduate admissions application and application fee.
Official transcripts showing conferral of a bachelor's degree or its equivalent from an accredited institution. Please refer to individual program websites for specific GPA requirements.
Some programs require prerequisites (i.e. undergraduate degree or major required, any academic standardized test scores, prerequisite courses, work experience or other credential that might be required).

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

28240 USD / year

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Out-of-State

28240 USD / year

≈ 28240 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

15760 USD / year

≈ 15760 USD / year

Living costs

Dearborn

United States

1000 - 1500 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Credits

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Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

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Domestic

Living costs

Dearborn

Financing

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