{"id":3244,"date":"2026-08-17T13:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/?page_id=3244"},"modified":"2026-08-25T18:41:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:41:43","slug":"master-of-public-administration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/academics\/master-of-public-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Public Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Master of Public Administration<\/h1><p>Fully Online | 36 Credits<\/p><a class=\"cl-button\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/contact\/\" title=\"\">request information<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/MPA-hero.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"MPA\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-mpa\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-3320\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3320\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/academics\/master-of-public-administration\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3319\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3319\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/academics\/master-of-public-administration\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3317\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3317\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/academics\/master-of-public-administration\/admission-and-fees\/\">Admission and Fees<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3318\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3318\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/academics\/master-of-public-administration\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"type-intro wp-block-paragraph\">Learn the management, budgeting, financial, and analytical skills necessary to advance in public management, policy analysis, and governance-related positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our mission is to impart public service values and knowledge so that graduates are prepared to enrich our communities by leading, managing, and solving public service-related problems with empathy, integrity, and excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">URI\u2019s Master of Public Administration is a fully-online accelerated degree program that includes a curriculum of core courses and stackable certificates. All accelerated online classes are offered in convenient 7-week modules designed to allow students the flexibility needed to successfully complete coursework while meeting professional and\/or personal obligations. Students typically complete the program in under two years, with some securing their MPA degree in as little as one year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/online\/areas-of-interest\/business-admin-comm\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/business-admin-and-comm-urio-card.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"a group of business admin professionals gather in a meeting room\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>URI Online<\/h2><p>Learn more about URI&#8217;s other online programs for business, administration, and communications professionals.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">explore business, admin, and communications programs<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-breakout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-breakout use-content-width  \"><div class=\"content-width\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/uri-master-of-public-administration-program-first-to-be-accredited-in-rhode-island-by-prestigious-naspaa\/\">URI Master of Public Administration program first to be accredited in Rhode Island by prestigious NASPAA<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASPAA accreditation recognizes that a master\u2019s degree program in public and nonprofit policy, affairs, or administration has undertaken a rigorous process of peer review conducted by the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/NASPAAAccredited-fullcolor-jpg-1024x504.jpg\" alt=\"NASPAA Accredited by the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation logo\" class=\"wp-image-3249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/NASPAAAccredited-fullcolor-jpg-1024x504.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/NASPAAAccredited-fullcolor-jpg-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/NASPAAAccredited-fullcolor-jpg-768x378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/NASPAAAccredited-fullcolor-jpg-1536x757.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/NASPAAAccredited-fullcolor-jpg-364x179.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/NASPAAAccredited-fullcolor-jpg-500x246.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/NASPAAAccredited-fullcolor-jpg-1000x493.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/NASPAAAccredited-fullcolor-jpg-1280x630.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/NASPAAAccredited-fullcolor-jpg.jpg 1679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Careers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students who complete the URI Master of Public Administration degree will advance to positions requiring financial and budgetary expertise, leadership skills, knowledge of administrative law and procedure, the management of agency personnel, policy and grant writing, and analytics skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our students and graduates work in government relations for:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Non-profit Agencies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Non-profit Management and Grant Writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Municipal Government<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Housing Policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental Policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education Policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health Policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Energy Policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Election Administration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Internship and Employment Opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students may find internship and job opportunities via GradCAS. Placements have included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Federal, State, and Local Government<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Military Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rhode Island Secretary of State<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>State of Rhode Island Internship Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>City of Cranston Planning Department<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community College of Rhode Island Division of Workforce Partnerships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Town of Barrington Planning Department<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rhode Island Attorney General&#8217;s Office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Town of Westerly Planning Department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/gradcas.liaisoncas.org\/apply\/\" title=\"\">explore internship and job opportunities<\/a>\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-quote-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-quote  \"><div class=\"cl-quote-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Hillary-Lima.jpg)\" title=\"\"><\/div><blockquote>The two most welcome surprises of the program thus far have been the immediate applicability of the coursework in my professional life as well as the relationships I&#8217;ve been able to develop with classmates&#8230; To be able to take what I learned in a public budgeting course in one week and translate it into pulling together a budget as an elected official for a municipality in the next week is incredibly rewarding. To be pushed to think critically about public policy one day and then consider how to implement and advocate for change in my professional world is extremely valuable. <\/blockquote><cite>Hillary Lima, URI MPA Alumna<\/cite><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn the management, budgeting, financial, and analytical skills necessary to advance in public management, policy analysis, and governance-related positions. Our mission is to impart public service values and knowledge so that graduates are prepared to enrich our communities by leading, managing, and solving public service-related problems with empathy, integrity, and excellence. 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