The Public Policy and Administration Program at ISU offers a professional Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree program designed to educate and train students for careers in public management and policy analysis at the federal, state, and local levels of government, and in the related areas in the private and the nonprofit sectors of the economy, as well as the international systems. The program is open to all majors and to pre-service students, as well as in-service employees. The MPA program also offers a Certificate of Public Management (CPM) program. Distance education options are available to students within the state of Iowa.

The MPA degree program consists of 37 credit hours and the CPM program consists of 15 credit hours. Both programs are offered on the Iowa State University campus.

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Graduates honored

The Department of Political Science honored graduate students graduating from Iowa State on Friday, May 9. Pictured left to right, are Katie McNitt, Chris Untiet, Annette Hacker, Casey Muhm, Alex Tuckness, associate professor; and Jimmy Jr. Morris II.

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