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A '''Master of Public Administration''' ('''MPA''') is a specialized [[Professional degree|professional]] [[graduate degree]] in [[public administration]] that prepares students for leadership roles, similar or equivalent to a [[Master of Business Administration]] but with an emphasis on the issues of [[Public service|public services]].

This program covers principles of public administration, policy development, and management. Graduates can work in government, nonprofits, and private companies. The specifics of the program can vary by university or country. It typically requires two years for completion.

== Overview ==
The MPA program is a higher professional degree and a [[postgraduate degree]] for the public sector and it prepares individuals to serve as managers, executives and policy analysts in the executive arm of local, state/provincial, and federal/national government, and increasingly in [[non-governmental organization]] (NGO) and [[nonprofit]] sectors; it places a focus on the practices of executive organization and management. Instruction includes the roles, development, and principles of public administration; [[public policy]] management and implementation.

Through its history, the MPA degree has become more interdisciplinary by drawing from fields such as economics, sociology, law, anthropology, organizational development, political science, and regional planning in order to equip MPA graduates with skills and knowledge covering a broad range of topics and disciplines relevant to the public sector. A core curriculum of a typical MPA program usually includes courses on [[microeconomics]], [[public finance]], research methods, statistics, [[policy analysis]], [[managerial accounting]], ethics, [[public management]], [[geographic information system]]s (GIS), and program evaluation. MPA students may focus their studies on public sector fields such as [[urban planning]], [[emergency management]], [[transportation]], health care (especially [[public health]]), [[economic development]], [[community development]], [[non-profit]] management, [[environmental policy]], [[cultural policy]], [[international affairs]], and [[criminal justice]].

MPA graduates currently serve in some important positions within the public sector including the former Prime Minister of Singapore [[Lee Hsien Loong]], the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate and former President of Colombia [[Juan Manuel Santos]], former UN Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]], three former presidents of Mexico ([[Felipe Calderón]], [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]] and [[Miguel de la Madrid]]), former Canadian Prime Minister [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]], former President of Bolivia [[Eduardo Rodríguez (politician)|Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé]], former President of Ecuador  [[Jamil Mahuad|Jamil Mahuad Witt]] (MPA '89), former President of Costa Rica [[José María Figueres|José María Figueres Olsen]], former [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency|CIA Director]] [[David Petraeus]], former president of Liberia [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]], Foreign Minister of Serbia [[Vuk Jeremić]], former New York City Police Commissioner [[Raymond Kelly]], former [[Secretary of Health and Human Services]] [[Kathleen Sebelius]], and former Treasurer of Australia [[Josh Frydenberg]]. Other notable MPA graduates include [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[Dan Crenshaw]], New York City Mayor [[Eric Adams]], [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]] and pilot [[Chesley Sullenberger]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.study.eu/article/15-notable-graduates-from-mpa-and-mpp-programmes|title=15 notable graduates from MPA and MPP programmes|access-date=2018-02-17|language=en|archive-date=2018-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090323/https://www.study.eu/article/15-notable-graduates-from-mpa-and-mpp-programmes|url-status=live}}</ref>

A Master of Public Administration can be acquired at various institutions. See ''[[List of public administration schools|List of schools offering MPA degrees.]]''

== See also ==
*[[Master of Public Affairs]]
*[[Master of Public Policy]]
*[[Master of Nonprofit Organizations]]
*[[Public policy schools]]
*[[Master of Business Administration]]
*[[Doctor of Public Administration]]
*[[List of master's degrees]]

== References ==

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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150408031434/http://www.naspaa.org/ Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration] - Accrediting body for MPA and MPP programs in the U.S.
*[http://www.appam.org/ Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191029045911/https://www.aspanet.org/ American Society for Public Administration] - Professional society for public administration (PA) practitioners and educator]
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