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The Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Pace University's Dyson College of Arts and Sciences prepares you to lead in government, healthcare, or nonprofit sectors. With flexible course formats and three customizable tracks, this MPA degree equips you with the policy, management, and analytical skills needed to make a meaningful, real-world impact.
Program highlights:
The MPA program operates and partners with engaged academic and research institutions to provide candidates with access to research opportunities, key industry conferences, field-specific internships and fellowships, and other valuable learning and networking opportunities.
The Center for Health Care Policy, Education, and Research responds to the needs of the health care sector for policy, governance and management research, and training, and guides and supports our Health care Management Track with oversight from professionals in the field, aiding in course design and curriculum development.
The Edwin G. Michaelian Institute for Public Policy and Management responds to the needs of the public and nonprofit sectors for governance and management research, training, and development and guides our Government and Nonprofit Management Tracks.
The Helene and Grant Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship serves the nonprofit and social enterprise community and Pace University. It is devoted to honing the risk-taking spirit and managerial skills of nonprofit organizations and social ventures and provides students with internships, education, research, communication, and advisory services, with the goal of promoting social change through entrepreneurship.
The Short-term International Study Abroad course to Oxford, United Kingdom provides our MPA candidates the opportunity for 10 days in July to build practical and cultural knowledge while conducting comparative coursework in health care, government, and nonprofit management. Candidates live and study at Oxford University and its environs.
The Pace MPA program fits perfectly into a full-time employee's work day. The times of classes, workload and content were well balanced to maximize my education while respecting my full-time employment.
– Marissa Mezzancello, Clinical Research Manager, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dyson College at Pace University offers the resources and caliber of faculty that you would expect at a large university, while providing the close personal attention associated with a small college experience. Dyson currently has 1,155 enrolled graduate students in programs spanning the arts, humanities, and natural, social and health sciences. In small classes taught by caring faculty who are active practitioners in their fields, Dyson offers innovative programs at convenient locations in New York City and Westchester.