Online Master of Public Administration Programs

Prepare for leadership in the public sector with the Master of Public Administration. You will build your skills in grant writing, budgeting, program evaluation and data-driven research. Gain broad-based knowledge with this generalist degree and customize your education with electives focused on a specific industry area such as environmental, health, justice, management, nonprofit, or education. You can begin this program as an in-service applicant and graduate after completing 36 credit hours, or start as a pre-service candidate and add a 3-credit community-focused internship for a total of 39 credit hours to finish.

The MPA with a Concentration in Administration of Education online program will help you develop the competencies needed to lead educational institutions at the highest level. Explore everything from public budgeting and policy data analysis to fostering inclusive multicultural perspectives and productive relationships between school districts and their communities. Learn to lead with integrity and an understanding of legal and governmental compliance and complex ethical issues facing education today.

Gain a real-world perspective of healthcare and its unique administrative requirements. In the Master of Public Administration with a Concentration in Administration of Health online program, you will learn alongside healthcare practitioners in courses delivered in partnership with ULM’s Health Sciences programs. Designed for non-clinical professionals seeking healthcare management roles, this MPA health program explores policy, ethics and public budgeting, as well as healthcare strategic planning, evidence-based decision-making and medical research methodology.

Prepare for leadership roles in justice-related public service organizations with the online MPA with a Concentration in Administration of Justice. This concentration will develop your core MPA skills while encouraging you to take a critical look at the structure of courts, corrections, juvenile justice and the role of police. Study budgeting, ethics, policy analysis, program management, research methods and decision-making as you examine how federal, state and local laws are created. You will emerge ready to pursue supervisory positions rather than frontline enforcement.

Help public service institutions advance their mission with the Master of Public Administration with a Concentration in Nonprofit Management online program. In addition to universally applicable public administration strategies, you will learn leadership insights specific to nonprofits, such as funding; board development; volunteer management; and federal, state and local grant writing. Courses are 100% online and prepare you for leadership and management positions in the nonprofit sector.

Be ready for leadership roles that protect and enhance parks and recreation centers as vital community assets. The 100% online master’s in parks management program blends core public administration coursework in policy analysis, budgeting, ethics and program evaluation with focused study of public leisure spaces as engines of community health, environmental sustainability and quality of life. You will graduate prepared to manage and advocate for park systems, community agencies and public-private initiatives.