MPA en Gestión y Políticas Públicas y Sin Fines de Lucro

How will you be making your impact in public service in five or ten years? It's almost impossible to say. The boundaries between roles and sectors are blurring—to be effective, you'll need a broad education and a firm grasp of how skills and ideas translate in different real-world contexts. With NYU Wagner's interdisciplinary MPA-PNP coursework in finance, policy, and management, and NYC as your urban laboratory, you'll be prepared to address the most pressing issues of our time in the many fields, sectors, and policy arenas that your career will span.

Program Highlights

• Engaged and influential faculty members  who encourage you to test the skills and ideas you develop in the classroom against your real-world professional experiences—and vice versa.
• Critical analytic skills and frameworks  in management, finance, and policy that you'll need to successfully make an impact across sectors, fields, and policy arenas.
• A powerful community  whose members can connect you to key organizations, contacts, and career opportunities worldwide.
• The option to pick electives by issue,  as well as by specialization.
• Flexibility for full- or part-time students , with options to switch between the two. Earn your degree in two years full-time, or 3-4 years part-time.

NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service prepares public service leaders to translate ideas into actions that have an effective and lasting impact on the public good. Our faculty’s research changes the way people frame, understand, and act on important public issues. We provide our students with critical skills, access to all that New York City has to offer, and a deep understanding of the context surrounding public service challenges—which they use to improve cities and communities across the globe.

Our offerings are diverse and designed to cater to a wide range of interests and career goals. Whether you aspire to be a dynamic leader in the nonprofit sector, shape health policy, or craft urban planning solutions, NYU Wagner has the right program for you. Our degree options include the Master of Public Administration in Public & Nonprofit Management & Policy, the Master of Public Administration in Health Policy & Management, the Master of Urban Planning, the Online Master of Health Administration, the Master of Science in Health Law and Strategy (offered jointly with NYU Law), the Master of Science in Public Policy, the Executive Master of Public Administration, various Advanced Certificates, Non-Degree options, and a Ph.D. in Public Administration.