Master of Public Affairs
Master of Public Affairs

The Master of Public Affairs (MPA) is a 48-credit hour professional course of study that builds on the PMC program and provides the knowledge, networking, and interdisciplinary experience necessary to operate and manage public agencies and nonprofit organizations. Students explore critical social, political, environmental, and administrative problems.

The MPA curriculum has been revised and will go into effect in January, 2009. Click on this link to review the revised curriculum.

In the 2004 U.S. News and World Report graduate school rankings, the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI was ranked 35th of 253 public affairs schools. SPEA's Indianapolis criminal justice program was ranked 3rd in the nation and the nonprofit management program was ranked 4th in the nation.