Pathway Highlights
How the pathway works
During your final year of undergraduate study, you’ll begin taking graduate-level Policy, Planning, and Management courses — if you meet progress standards and graduate program admissions requirements. The graduate-level courses will satisfy credit requirements for your undergraduate major as well as the first year of the MPPM program.
Select any undergraduate major
Each of our undergraduate majors is eligible to enroll in the MPPM Accelerated Graduate Pathway. Please be advised that some majors that require 70 credits or more will extend the normal timeline for the pathway.
Program requirements
To satisfy credit requirements for both your undergraduate major and your future MPPM degree program, you’ll be required to earn a high grade in specific courses and maintain a GPA of at least 3.0.
Admission to the MPPM program
If you meet undergraduate progress standards, the formal graduate application and requirements will be waived. You will instead be required to submit an essay and potentially complete an interview in order to gain admission to the graduate program.
About our Policy, Planning, and Management master’s program
The MPPM serves those who aspire to leadership roles and careers as managers, planners, researchers, analysts, or advocates in public service. Coursework focuses on conceptual learning and provides opportunities to apply learning to contemporary issues and challenges.
Frequently asked questions
Our Accelerated Graduate Pathways offer highly motivated undergraduate students the opportunity to begin graduate study while completing their bachelor’s degree.
Our helpful admissions counselors are here to answer your questions about the admissions process, our academic programs, and student support services. We also invite you to explore the many ways to visit campus or to engage with us through online experiences.