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Masters in Public Admin - Mike Williams - 01-03-2023
Anyone have any good leads on some MPA degrees that are pretty easy?
RE: Masters in Public Admin - KSoul - 01-03-2023
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.
RE: Masters in Public Admin - allvia - 01-03-2023
I have no idea on ease, but for affordability (and online) Lamar offers a MPA - https://degree.lamar.edu/online-programs/business/mpa/
RE: Masters in Public Admin - JPN - 01-03-2023
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-office/master-public-administration
Masters in Public Admin - harrypotter - 01-03-2023
Masters degrees aren’t easy..
RE: Masters in Public Admin - wildebeest - 01-03-2023
(01-03-2023, 08:46 AM)Mike Williams Wrote: 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.
RE: Masters in Public Admin - teejayb - 01-03-2023
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.
RE: Masters in Public Admin - indigoshuffle - 01-03-2023
I once saw on a t-shirt, “I don’t need easy, I just need possible”
RE: Masters in Public Admin - Mike Williams - 01-04-2023
(01-03-2023, 10:41 AM)KSoul Wrote: 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
(01-03-2023, 09:18 PM)wildebeest Wrote:(01-03-2023, 08:46 AM)Mike Williams Wrote: 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.
(01-03-2023, 10:38 PM)teejayb Wrote: 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!
RE: Masters in Public Admin - Vle045 - 06-15-2023
Belhaven might be the least expensive I have seen. https://www.belhaven.edu/academics/business/online/master-of-public-administration.html