masters-public-administration

MPA Data

Master of Public administration data and graduation rates

 

Graduation Rates

 

Graduation Rates, New Students Enrolled in the Fall 2017 or Spring 2018 Semesters

  Initially Enrolled Graduated within Two Years Graduated within Three Years Graduated within Four Years Total Students Graduated and Persisting to Graduation
Total Number of Students in the ARY-5 Cohort 97 2 26 52 53

Graduation Rates, New Students Enrolled in the Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Semesters

  Initially Enrolled Graduated within Two Years Graduated within Three Years Graduated within Four Years Total Students Graduated and Persisting to Graduation
Total Number of Students in the ARY-5 Cohort 113 1 28 25 62

 

Graduation Rates, New Students Enrolled in the Fall 2015 or Spring 2016 Semesters

  Initially Enrolled Graduated within Two Years Graduated within Three Years Graduated within Four Years Total Students Graduated and Persisting to Graduation
Total Number of Students in the ARY-5 Cohort 112 10 32 46 49
  Initially Enrolled Graduated within Two Years Graduated within Three Years Graduated within Four Years Total Students Graduated and Persisting to Graduation
Total Number of Students in the ARY-5 Cohort 122 7 42 59 75

Data for the graduation rates were obtained from the admissions data system at the University of Baltimore. All students who had been enrolled in the MPA program prior to the ARY-5 and who were then readmitted during ARY-5 were screened out of the data set (6) as were students who were admitted to the MPA and changed majors since admission (5).

The lack of a GRE requirement encourages mid-career students to "try-out" graduate school if they meet the qualifications in other areas. Eleven students stayed only one semester. If these students are excluded from the graduation rate calculations change to 66.67%. Excluding the additional seven students who only took two semesters of classes raises the graduation rate to 67.56%.

Graduation Rates, New Students Enrolled in the Fall 2013 or Spring 2014 Semesters

  Initially Enrolled Graduated within Two Years Graduated within Three Years Graduated within Four Years Total Students Graduated and Persisting to Graduation
Total Number of Students in the ARY-5 Cohort 130 32 54 68 75

*In addition, there is one student who continues to be active in the program.

Graduation Rates, New Students Enrolled in the Fall 2012 or Spring 2013 Semesters

  Initially Enrolled Graduated within Two Years Graduated within Three Years Graduated within Four Years Total Students Graduated and Persisting to Graduation
Total Number of Students in the ARY-5 Cohort 111 31 52 60 64
Percentage   27.9% 46.8% 54% 57.7%

*In addition, four students were still active as of Nov. 2018. Graduated students plus active students have a persistence rate of 61.2%.

These data used are new students who applied for the 2013 academic year and took their first class in either the Fall 2012 or Spring 2013 semester. Under UBalt rules, students must reapply for admission if they have been out for more than two semesters. Readmitted students were excluded from this analysis. Previously reported data included the readmitted students.

Employment Information

Many students in the MPA program are working professionals at the time of admission and are seeking to advance within their current organizations. See the following lists of employers and job titles of recent MPA graduates:
Sector Number of Students
National of central government in the same country as the program 3
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program 3
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 9
Nonprofit/NGOs, internationally-oriented 0
Private sector—research/consulting 5
Private sector, but not research/consulting 2
Obtaining further education 0
Military service 0
Unemployed (not seeking employment) 0
Unemployed (seeking employment) 1
Status unknown 16
TOTAL 42
Sector Number of Students
National of central government in the same country as the program 5
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program 5
City, county or other local government in the same country as the program 9
Government not in the same country as the program (all levels) or international quasi-governmental   0
Nonprofit, domestic-oriented 10
Nonprofit/NGOs, internationally-oriented 1
Private sector—research/consulting 1
Private sector, but not research/consulting 9
Status unknown 21
TOTAL 61
Sector Number of Students
National of central government in the same country as the program 4
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program 6
City, county or other local government in the same country as the program 10
Government not in the same country as the program (all levels) or international quasi-governmental   2
Nonprofit, domestic-oriented 11
Private sector, but not research/consulting 6
Status unknown 14
TOTAL 53