{"id":1523,"date":"2024-03-19T14:22:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/graduate-studies\/?page_id=1523"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:25:39","slug":"public-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/graduate-studies\/public-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Arts in Public Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n
At a Glance<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Our graduates work in fields including government, law, policy analysis, journalism, and nonprofits.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You can complete the degree in <\/span><\/span>one<\/span> year<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0as a full-time student; two to three years<\/strong> as a part-time student<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Your total cost is <\/span><\/span>$<\/span>36<\/span>,<\/span>00<\/span>0<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (excluding fees), based on 2025-26 tuition rates.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

About the Program<\/h3>\n

Trinity College\u2019s master of arts in public policy (M.A.P.P.) seeks to equip students with both critical skills in organizational management and a strong grounding in the core civic ideas that animate public policy in the United States and other democracies.\u00a0 In Trinity\u2019s liberal arts tradition, the program provides students an opportunity to master practical aspects of public administration with the benefit of the historical and intellectual context in which our political principles and practices have developed.<\/p>\n

Students may complete the 10-credit program in a single year, including our summer sessions, but many working adults choose a part-time schedule that allows them to complete their degree in two or three years. The capstone of Trinity\u2019s M.A.P.P. is a semester-long consulting assignment, the \u201cPublic Policy Practicum,\u201d where student teams apply their skills to help federal, state, and local policymakers\u2014as well as not-for-profit organizations\u2014tackle real world challenges.<\/p>\n

Is public administration a unique discipline, distinct from the generic approaches to management and leadership taught in M.B.A. programs? What can the public and private sectors learn from each other? Our students apply disciplines from political science to economics and psychology in confronting such fundamental questions, even as they acquire the valuable research, analysis, and writing skills vital to success in any professional field. Whatever their long-term career goals, our M.A.P.P. graduates leave Trinity with the tools to make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At a Glance Our graduates work in fields including government, law, policy analysis, journalism, and nonprofits. You can complete the degree in one year\u00a0as a full-time student; two to three years as a part-time student. Your total cost is $36,000 (excluding fees), based on 2025-26 tuition rates. About the Program Trinity College\u2019s master of arts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":555,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1523","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMaster of Arts in Public Policy | Trinity College<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Earn your master\u2019s in public policy from Trinity. 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