Accreditation & Statistics

NASPAA Accredited: The Commission on Peer Review and Education

The GW Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration (TSPPPA) has more than 60 years of history educating graduate students in public policy, public administration and environmental resource policy in the nation's capital.

Our Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree programs are accredited through NASPAA, the global standard in public service education.


Trachtenberg School by the Numbers

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2022–23 Stats

  • 75% of courses taught by core faculty
  • 25% of courses taught by part-time faculty
  • 478 students
  • 161 MPA students
  • 163 MPP students
  • 33 MA in ENRP students
  • 88 PhD Students
  • 33 Certificate students
  • 3.5 Median Undergrad GPA
  • 40% Students who attend full-time 
  • 60% Students who attend part-time

Recent Graduate Employment Statistics

For the students who graduated with MPA, MPP, and MA-ENRP degrees in 2022. We learned the listed employment information through surveys and knowledge data research six months following their graduation. 

MPA Employment Statistics

Industry Number of Graduates
National or central government in the same country as the program 13
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program 1
City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program 4
Government not in the same country as the program (all levels) or international quasi-governmental 0
Nonprofit domestic-oriented 12
Nonprofit/NGOs internationally-oriented 3
Private Sector - Research/Consulting 8
Private Sector but not research/ consulting 4
Obtaining further education 2
Military service 0
Unemployed (not seeking employment) 1
Unemployed (seeking employment) 0
Status unknown 2
Total Graduates with Employment Information 50

 

MPP Employment Statistics

Industry Number of Graduates
National or central government in the same country as the program 13
State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program 2
City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program 4
Government not in the same country as the program (all levels) or international quasi-governmental 1
Nonprofit domestic-oriented 11
Nonprofit/NGOs internationally-oriented 2
Private Sector - Research/Consulting 11
Private Sector but not research/ consulting 5
Obtaining further education 1
Military service 3
Unemployed (not seeking employment) 2
Unemployed (seeking employment) 3
Status unknown 5
Total Graduates with Employment Information 63

 


MPA and MPP Graduation Rates

MPA Graduation Rates

Cohort Initially Enrolled Graduated within 2 Years Graduated within 3 Years Graduated within 4 Years Total Students Graduated and Persisting to Graduation
2017-2018 74 43 66 67 67

 

MPP Graduation Rates

Cohort Initially Enrolled Graduated within 2 Years Graduated within 3 Years Graduated within 4 Years Total Students Graduated and Persisting to Graduation
2017-2018 82 37 75 80 80