Unofficial Transcripts from all institutions attended
Two Letters of Recommendation
Personal Statement
Resume
Students admitted to the program must have completed courses in three areas: American Government or American History, Statistics or Research Methods, and micro- or macro-economics. American Government must be taken before beginning any MPA courses if neither American Government nor American History have been taken.The other two prerequisites may be taken during your first year in the program. All prerequisite courses must be taken at an accredited college or university.Students must earn a C or better in these courses. Prerequisites do not count toward your graduate degree or graduate GPA.
Our minimum requirement for GPA is a 2.75 in your undergraduate degree. The average GPA of our accepted students is 3.3 and we typically have far more applicants than we can admit.
Completes a minimum of 12 semester units of undergraduate coursework in the social sciences or business, six semester units of which must have been upper-division level. At least one of the courses must have been in economics. Upon recommendation of the public administration faculty, suitable practical experience may be substituted for a maximum of six units of the social science/business requirement,
completes a one-semester course in basic statistics,
satisfies at least one of the following GPA conditions:
At least a 3.0 in the undergraduate major and 2.75 in the last 60 units
Between 2.75 and 2.99 in the undergraduate major, 2.5 in the last 60 units, and at least 1000 combined score (vocabulary and math) on the General Test of the Graduate Record Exam
Between 2.75 and 2.99 in the undergraduate major, 2.75 in the last 60 units, and quality professional experience as evaluated by the M.P.A. coordinator based on job description, resume, two letters of reference and four years of professional administrative service
At least a 2.75 in the last 60 semester units and completion of the first 12 units of adviser-approved coursework in this program with a grade-point average of 3.0,
scores a minimum of 570 on the TOEFL (international students)