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MPA Admission Requirements
  • Baccalaureate degree with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 from an accredited institution
  • Undergraduate prerequisite courses include microeconomics, algebra or higher math, and statistics. Exceptions may be granted at the discretion of the admissions committee.
  • Combined score of 1000 (verbal and quantitative) or more on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
U.S. News Best Graduate Schools 2009
Founded in 1972, Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs (IU SPEA) is currently the largest school of public affairs in the country. Its master's degree in public affairs ranks second among 250 public affairs programs nationally (tied with Harvard's Kennedy School of Government). It is the highest ranked public affairs degree at a public university by US News and World Report. IU SPEA is ranked number one in the nation in environmental policy and management, and nonprofit management, and third in the nation in public finance and budgeting specialties.