MPA Admission Requirements
Applicants must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with an undergraduate grade point average for the last 60 hours, or an overall major grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or equivalent.
FAQ
The MPA Program admits students for both the Fall and Spring semesters.
SPA has rolling admissions and encourages anyone to apply to be reviewed before the admitting semester. However, below are the best consideration deadlines for admittance, fellowships, financial assistance, and graduate assistantships.
Best Consideration Deadlines
Fall
- March 1 – priority deadline for International Applicants and students seeking assistantships (Priority 1)
Students must complete admission application and graduate assistantship/financial assistance application by this date.
International applicants: All materials such as transcripts and English language scores must be received by this date.
- May 1 – Final
- June 1 – Post-offer material must be received.
- April 15 – priority for Domestic general admission and federal deadline for students to accept/decline financial assistance and graduate assistantships (Priority 2).
Spring*
- May 1 – priority deadline for International Applicants and students seeking assistantships (Priority 1)
Students must complete admission application and graduate assistantship/financial assistance application by this date.
International applicants: All materials such as transcripts and English language scores must be received by this date.
- August 1 – Final
- September 1 – Post-offer material must be received..
- Priority for Domestic general admission and federal deadline for students to accept/decline financial assistance and graduate assistantships.
- September 15 (Priority 1)
- November 1 (Priority 2)
- December 1 (Priority 3)
* Graduate assistantship applications will be reviewed based on academic need of the School during spring admittance
Applicants to the School of Public Administration must submit the following:
- Letter of Intent (2-3 Pages)
- 3 Letters of Recommendation ( provide recommenders' email addresses)
- Resume
- Upload one unofficial transcript from EACH academic institution you have attended to your online application. Submit each official transcript to the Office of Admissions.
Mailing Address: PO Box 4895, Albuquerque, NM 87196-4895 / apply@unm.edu - Online Application Fee
Please do not submit any hardcopy application materials to the UNM Admission office or to the School of Public Administration.
geo@unm.edu | 505-277-4032
It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that he/she has satisfied all international admission requirements with GEO to proceed with admittance.
Please note: There is a limited number of Graduate Assistantships (GA) available at the School of Public Administration per year as appointment terms are typically 2 years. As such, GA applications will be reviewed based on the academic need of the School during fall and spring semesters. SPA does not offer GA appointments during summer semesters. Through Graduate Studies, there are GA appointments with other units at UNM who may have a need.
Contact
Director of Graduate Recruitment and Admissions
spadmissions@unm.edu
(505) 277-9196
