MPA Graduation and Employment Rates
As part of our accreditation with the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA), the MPA program maintains statistics on student graduation and employment rates.
Graduation Rates
The table below shows student progress toward graduation relative to a two-year expected degree program length. These rates track the performance of students who entered the program five years ago.
| Students Initially Enrolled | Students graduated within 2 years | Students graduated within 3 years | Students graduated within 4 years | Total Students Graduated and Persisting to Graduation |
Total Number of Students in the 2020-2021 cohort | 27 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 17 |
Employment Rates
The most recent employment statistics reflect the number of students who were employed in the profession within 6 months of graduation. Employment is broken out by employment sector.
| Recent (2024-25) Graduate Employment by Sector | Graduates employed in sector
(within 6 months of graduation) |
| National or central government in the same country as the program | 0 |
| State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program | 2 |
| City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program | 3 |
| Government not in the same country as the program (all levels) or international quasi-governmental | 0 |
| Nonprofit domestic-oriented | 4 |
| Nonprofit/NGOs internationally-oriented | 0 |
| Private Sector - Research/Consulting | 0 |
| Private Sector but not research/consulting | 0 |
| Obtaining further education | 0 |
| Military Service | 0 |
| Unemployment (not seeking employment) | 0 |
| Unemployment (seeking employment) | 2 |
| Status Unknown | 2 |
| Total | 13 |