OU-Tulsa / Public Administration / Master of Public Administration
This degree offers very hard skills that can be applied in any job including: data analysis and visualization, program evaluation, budgeting and financial management, and research strategy. Further, students get a range of classes on policy (Immigration, Health, Education, and Poverty) and leadership (Human Resources, Strategic Planning, Ethics, and Program Management).
The real power of this program is the people who select into it. Smart, ambitious change agents who are seeking further skills to help improve their community. Within the classroom sits a group of people from different backgrounds and with varied opinions, but all with the same goal of making their neighborhood/community/world better. Within each course, students get the opportunity to debate everything from political issues to the best way to measure employee success. Students walk away with hard skills that make them stronger in their jobs and infinitely more markable, but they also hone their ability for productive discourse among a network of peers.
The MPA degree requires completion of 36 hours of graduate credit. A full-time student taking nine hours during the fall and spring semesters can complete the degree in two years (less when taking coursework during the summer semester). A part-time student taking six hours during the fall and spring semester can complete the program in three years (less when taking coursework during the summer).
The career path of recent MPA graduates at OU is varied and reflective of students’ own interests and career aspirations. The majority of our graduates seek careers in the public sector; specifically, career tracks in federal, tribal, state and local government. Other graduates are pursuing careers in the nonprofit or public sector.
Some typical career paths include:
MPA scholarships are available for eligible enrolled students. Specific scholarships are the John Halvor Leek Memorial Scholarship, Walter F. Scheffer Scholarship and the Joyce and Edmond Peters Scholarship.
Our program’s value is well demonstrated through the employers our graduates have worked for:
Your degree in Public Administration from OU-Tulsa can open doors that set you off on a journey of a lifetime.
