MPP Profile

In 2024-25 the MPP will be in it's 22nd year of successfully recruiting and educating policy leaders for the 21^st century.  The on campus version of the program is designed as a full-time two year degree with all coursework taken in residence on the Corvallis campus. Other options include the online (Ecampus) MPP, and the new Executive MPP,  which are available for current working professionals.  We have an increasingly diverse program—in terms of gender, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status of students—in addition to the growing presence of international students.

MPP Quick Facts

Recent cohorts of MPP students have come from universities in:

• Oregon (e.g., Lewis and Clark University, Willamette University, Linfield University, University of Portland, Portland State University, University of Portland, Western Oregon University and Southern Oregon University),
• Washington (University of Washington, Eastern Washington University, Central Washington University, Evergreen, Washington State University),
• California (Chapman University, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, US Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley, CSU Sacramento, CSU San Francisco, University of San Diego, CSU Monterey, University of Redlands), 
• Other states (e.g., Clark University, Cornell University,University of Tennessee, University of Florida, University of Alabama, University of Pittsburgh, University of Akron, University of Puget Sound, Loyola University-Maryland, Notre Dame, Marquette University, Louisiana State University, University of Minnesota, University of Illinois, Ohio State University, University of Montana, Tulane University, University of Texas, Texas A&M, Auburn University, UNC Chapel Hill, etc.), and;
• International universities (e.g., Nanjing Institute of Technology-China, Tribhuwan University-Nepal, Zhejiang University-China, University of Costa Rica, McGill University-Canada, University of Indonesia, Seoul University-Korea, etc.).

MPP students also come into the program with a variety of undergraduate and graduate majors including, but not limited to: Political Science, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology, Engineering, Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, English, Crop and Soil Science, Women Studies, Asian Studies, Psychology, Public Affairs, History, etc. 

Graduation Rates

As of fall 2024

*This data is based on the residential MPP cohort that began during academic year 2018-19.

**Many students complete the online MPP program part-time. 

Employment

Graduating YearGraduates% Employed in the profession within 6 months% Obtaining Further Education Employment Sectors

In 2020-21 the Public Policy Graduate Program conducted a survey of all graduates from 2019 and before to ascertain information on career paths and length of time to find employment. Two hundred and twenty-five out of the 270 alumni contacted responded to the survey and provided the following feedback concerning employment 6 months after graduation:

• 42   Entered PhD, MS or JD programs
• 45   Research/policy positions in a college or university or the nonprofit sector.
•   7   Professional research contractors
• 100 Government positions (local, state, federal, international)
•   3   Self employed
• 14   Extension service or other research positions at universities
• 26   Peace Corps/Americorps/Fellowships 
•   2   Seeking employment

When asked if their current job was directly related to the MPP degree, alumni responded as follows:

• 59.6% responded "Yes, it is directly related to my degree"
• 31.6% responded "It is somewhat related to my degree"
•   8.9% responded "It is not at all related to my degree"

In terms of the length of time to find employment "directly related" or "somewhat related" to the MPP degree, alumni responded:

• 73.7% said less than 6 months
•   1.8% said 6 to 12 months
• 24.5% said "Not applicable" due to enrollment in additional graduate education, fellowships, currently employed, etc.

MPP Costs

• Ecampus tuition and fees 
• Corvallis Campus graduate tuition and fees