Masters in Public Admin

[Mike Williams]

Anyone have any good leads on some MPA degrees that are pretty easy?

[KSoul]

There isn't an easy master degree in the game; however, there are degrees that may fit your strength more than others. Perhaps a more valuable inquiry would include your strengths, and we can suggest programs that might be aligned well for you.

[allvia]

I have no idea on ease, but for affordability (and online) Lamar offers a MPA - https://degree.lamar.edu/online-programs/business/mpa/

[JPN]

For Canadian citizens, the Master of Public Administration program at the Royal Military College is open to civilians, relatively low cost ($8500 USD / $12000 CAD) and has a relatively high acceptance rate. Classes are mostly asynchronous but a couple are remote/Zoom based. Not self-paced/competency-based.

https://www.rmc-cmr.ca/en/registrars-off...nistration

[harrypotter]

Masters degrees aren’t easy..

[wildebeest]

Anyone have any good leads on some MPA degrees that are pretty easy?

I don't know about easy, but Arkansas State's MPA is probably among the cheapest, especially if you you want a program that is NASPAA accredited. Eight week sessions.

Lamar University and University of Texas Permian Basin also have very affordable programs.

I'm doing a program at Eastern Illinois University, which I really like, but it isn't technically an MPA. It's a Master of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in Public Administration & Public Policy. I was admitted into all three programs I applied for (two of which were MPAs), but chose this one because it offered more flexibility with class choices, so I could tailor the degree to my own professional interests. I have a thread laying out my experience with the first semester, and providing more information about the school, here. And there's a bit more info here. 

Murray State also offers an online program, and while it's reasonably priced, it's a bit more expensive than any of the others listed above.

[teejayb]

Like everyone is saying. Masters degrees worth more than the paper they're written on are not going to be easy. I just decided to go for my MPA after my Organizational Leadership degree and am pretty much set on UT-Rio Grande Valley for the cost, name recognition, ability to go at my own pace, and also the ability to pick from electives that actually matter to what I want to learn.

[indigoshuffle]

I once saw on a t-shirt, “I don’t need easy, I just need possible”

[Mike Williams]

There isn't an easy master degree in the game; however, there are degrees that may fit your strength more than others. Perhaps a more valuable inquiry would include your strengths, and we can suggest programs that might be aligned well for you.

Easy was probably the wrong term...lol , but maybe various types of programs outside the norm

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Anyone have any good leads on some MPA degrees that are pretty easy?

I don't know about easy, but Arkansas State's MPA is probably among the cheapest, especially if you you want a program that is NASPAA accredited. Eight week sessions.

Lamar University and University of Texas Permian Basin also have very affordable programs.

I'm doing a program at Eastern Illinois University, which I really like, but it isn't technically an MPA. It's a Master of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in Public Administration & Public Policy. I was admitted into all three programs I applied for (two of which were MPAs), but chose this one because it offered more flexibility with class choices, so I could tailor the degree to my own professional interests. I have a thread laying out my experience with the first semester, and providing more information about the school, here. And there's a bit more info here. 

Murray State also offers an online program, and while it's reasonably priced, it's a bit more expensive than any of the others listed above.

Thanks, yes I agree with everyone's statement, "easy" was a poor choice of words. I guess I was looking for online or CBE type of programs outside the norm of a brick and mortar classroom setting.

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Like everyone is saying. Masters degrees worth more than the paper they're written on are not going to be easy. I just decided to go for my MPA after my Organizational Leadership degree and am pretty much set on UT-Rio Grande Valley for the cost, name recognition, ability to go at my own pace, and also the ability to pick from electives that actually matter to what I want to learn.

Yes, something like this is what I was looking for. Thank you!

[Vle045]

Belhaven might be the least expensive I have seen. https://www.belhaven.edu/academics/busin...ation.html