SPEA MPA Graduation Rates
| Initially Enrolled | Graduated within 2 years | Graduated within 3 years | Graduated within 4 years | Total Students Graduated and Persisting to |
Total Number of Students in the ARY-5 Cohort (2017-2018 Academic Year) | 18 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 16* |
Annual Report Year (ARY): 2022-2023
*Data represents student who initially enrolled in the MPA program during academic year 2017-2018.
Minimal full-time graduate student is 12 credits per semester or 24 credits per academic year. The MPA program is comprised of 36 credit hours making it a 2-year (three semester) program.
SPEA MPA Employment Rates Post Graduation:
SPEA surveys graduates of the program annually to see where they are attaining employment upon completion of their MPA program. Students are surveyed from the recent graduates within six months of program completion. The following are the compilation of the employment statistics for the 2022-2023 academic year.
MPA Graduate Employment Rates for AY 2021-2022 |
Placement | # of Students |
National of central government in the same country as the program | 1 |
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as program | 0 |
City, County, or other local government in the same county as the program | 2 |
Government not in same country as the program (all levels) or international quasi government | 0 |
Nonprofit domestic-oriented | 3 |
Nonprofit/NGOs internationally-oriented | 1 |
Private Sector-Research/Consulting | 0 |
Private Sector but not research consulting | 1 |
Obtaining further education | 0 |
Military Service | 0 |
Unemployed (not seeking employment) | 0 |
Unemployed (seeking employment) | 0 |
Status unknown | 0 |
Total: | 8* |
*Data represents students who graduated during AY 2021-2022