Tarleton Master of Public Administration (MPA)

Hello everyone from the land of the Texans -- Tarleton Texans, that is.


Just an update of the MPA program at Tarleton -- we are blowing and growing. Just in April we have had over 10 admissions to the MPA program. Overall, we are above 60 students in the program -- evenly spaced in our online and Face-to-Face courses.

I cannot begin to tell you how impressed I am with the interest in our program, but the quality of those seeking admission to our program is outstanding. We have asst. city managers, asst. chiefs of police, fire fighters, police officers, educators and many more public sector practitioners enrolled and enrolling to receive their master's degree in public administration.


The Tarleton MPA is a top-notch, broad-based solid public administration degree. It is responsive to practitioners' needs and career goals. It is affordable and responsive to our students' needs -- local and distant students alike.


If you know of someone who is thinking about pursuing their master's degree, please consider steering them our way. The MPA is a very versatile comprehensive degree program aimed at the practitioner in the public sector whether it being the local, state or federal government and the nonprofit and NGO practitioners who deliver public service.


We have rolling start dates. Our degree is a 36-hour, non-thesis or thesis track, master's degree. The core of both tracks is made up of ten courses in core PA. The other six hours are designed to allow our students to develop an interest in any number of elective course work or 6 hours in thesis.


If your undergraduate GPA is at least 2.5, we waive the GRE.


You can check out our program at www.Tarleton.edu -- degrees offered for more information.


Dr. G.M. Cox
Asst. Professor and Director,
     MPA Program
Tarleton State University
(817) 484-4395