Which Master's Degree is Right for You?

Affordable Housing

MURP or MPA
Housing and Community Development
State and Local Policy Program

Aging and Disability Policy

MPP (possible dual MSW) or MPA
Social Policy

City Planning

MURP or MPA
State and Local Policy Program

Civic Engagement

MPP (possible dual JD) or MPA
Social Policy

Community Building; Neighborhood Revitalization

MPP, MURP (possible dual MSW with both) or MPA
Economic and Community Development, Housing and Community Development
CHANCE

Economic Development (international or local)

MPP or MURP or MDP or MPA
Economic and Community Development or Economic and Workforce Development
Freeman Center for International Economic Policy

Education; Youth Policy

MPP (possible dual MSW) or MPA
Social Policy
Center for School Change

Energy Policy

MS-STEP or MPP or MPA
Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy

Environmental protection/regulation

MURP or MS-STEP or MPP or MPA
Environmental Planning; Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy

Foreign Policy/Diplomacy/National Security Policy

MPP or MPA
Global Public Policy

Health Care

MPP (possible dual degree with health services research, policy and administration) or MPA
Social Policy

Human Rights/Humanitarianism

MPP (possible dual JD) or MPA
Global Public Policy
Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice

International Development

MPP or MDP

International Trade and Economic Policy

MPP or MPA
Economic and Community Development; Global Public Policy
Freeman Center for International Economic Policy

Labor and Industrial Relations

MPP or MPA
Social Policy
Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice

Land Use and Urban Design

MURP (possible dual MLA) or MPA
Land Use and Urban Design

Leadership and Nonprofit Management

MPP (possible dual MBA) or MPA
Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center

Philanthropy

MPP or MPA
Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center

Politics and Governance

MPP or MPA
Advanced Policy Analysis
Center for the Study of Politics and Governance

Population Policy

MPP or MPA
Social Policy
Population Studies Minor / Minnesota Population Center

Poverty and Inequality

MPP or MPA
Social Policy, Economic and Community Development
Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice

Program Evaluation/Policy Analysis

MPP or MPA
Policy Analysis

Public Finance and/or Budgeting

MPP or MPA
Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management
Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center

Race and Social Justice

MPP or MPA
Social Policy
Race, Gender and Public Policy Initiative      

Science and Technology

MS-STEP or MPP or MPA
Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy

State and Local Government

MPP or MURP or MPA
Public and Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Land Use and Urban Design
State and Local Policy Program
Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center

Sustainable Development

MPP or MURP or MS-STEP or MDP or MPA
Economic and Community Development, Environmental Planning, Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy

Transportation Planning/Policy

MURP (possible dual degree with MSCE) or MPA
Transportation Planning
Center for Excellence in Rural Safety
State and Local Policy Program

Women’s Issues

MPP or MPA
Women and Public Policy
Center on Women and Public Policy

Can’t find your area of interest? E-mail hhhadmit@umn.edu to see how your interests fit in at the Humphrey Institute!