cheapest regionally accredited MPA? professionally accredited?

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  1. warguns

    warguns Member

    cheapest regionally accredited MPA? professionally accredited?
     
  2. Jonathan Whatley

    Jonathan Whatley Well-Known Member

    The "Best Buy" rankings from geteducated.com are often a good source for lowest-cost-accredited questions.

    They only list RA schools (though it looks like they accept NA sponsors; I'm seeing an ad for Full Sail). They're not absolutely comprehensive (I'm not seeing Chadron State, who has one of the best in-state public tuition for all offers, in a Best Buy list atm).

    Here's their Best Buy list for master's in Public Administration and Public Affairs. Digging individually, or checking against a NASPAA list, will show which have specialized accreditation.
     
  3. FJD

    FJD Member

  4. FJD

    FJD Member

    One of the cheapest NASPAA MPAs you'll find (if not the cheapest) is Valdosta State's, which comes in a little under $10K - Description of MPA
     
  5. truckie270

    truckie270 New Member

  6. FJD

    FJD Member

  7. rebel100

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  8. 53fireman

    53fireman New Member

    Sorry to dig up an older thread, but the Arkansas State program interested me, so I filled out an info request and was told this: that since I'm a Pennsylvania resident, I can't even apply to the online MPA program. Anyone ever hear of online schools not being allowed to serve certain states? I can't find anything online about Arkansas State and Pennsylvania... I even called the PA Dept of Education and the woman explained that PA requests schools providing online programs to PA residents to somewhat register (free) and just provide a basic program outline. But either way she said it in no way affects being enrolled in any school's program so it's all Arkansas State.... A shame because the program looks good and is darn reasonable.
     
  9. meby2k

    meby2k New Member

    Definitely Arkansas State is the cheapest for my money, as it is an NASPAA-accredited program, 100% online, and takes 18 to 24 months, for a total of about $8K plus books. It's also rated #19 on the Top 25 best online MPA programs.
     

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