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Tuition and fees calculated for academic year (Fall and Spring semesters), and include tuition rates + student fees.
| 2018-19 Academic Year |
Tuition |
Fees |
Total |
| In-State | $17,232 | $2,379 | $19,661 |
| Out-of-State | $29,184 | $2,379 | $31,563 |
For a complete list of student fees and for per-credit-hour breakdown, please refer to the University’s Tuition and Fees for New Brunswick Campus Graduate Students here:
http://studentabc.rutgers.edu/tuition-and-fees
Please note that tuition and fees for each school year are available around July 15th. Most updated tuition and fees schedule is available at http://studentabc.rutgers.edu/
The retention rate for a master’s program is the percentage of students who return the next academic year. The graduation rate for a master’s program is the percentage of students who graduate within four (4) years of enrolling.
| Academic Year (Entering) | Number Enrolled | Number Did Not Return Next Year | Retention Rate |
Number |
Number |
Graduation Rate |
| 2010-2011 | 18 | 1 | 94.5% | 1 | 17 | 94.5% |
| 2011-2012 | 23 | 3 | 87% | 3 | 20 | 86.4% |
| 2012-2013 | 22 | 1 | 95.5% | 3 | 19 | 86.4%* |
| 2013-2014 | 17 | 2 | 88.3% | 3 | 14 | 82.4%** |
| 2014-2015 | 25 | 1 | 96.0% | 24 | 1 | 4.0%*** |
*3-year graduation rate
**2-year graduation rate
*** 1-year graduation rate
Concerning the cohort of MPP students (25) who enrolled in Fall 2015, one (1) of them (4%) graduated by May 2016. Twenty-three (23) more are expected to graduate in May 2017 when coursework is completed and one (1) will have dropped out.
| Graduation Years Ending |
December 2014 |
December 2015 |
|
| Graduates employed within 1 year of graduation in a Professional Policy Job |
Number |
14 | 17 |
|
Percent |
67% |
85% |
|
| Graduates employed within 1 year of graduation in a Policy-related Job |
Number |
3 | 2 |
|
Percent |
14% |
10% |
|
| Graduates not employed in policy or policy-related jobs within 1 year of graduation |
Number |
3 | 0 |
|
Percent |
14% |
0% |
|
| Graduates who pursue further education within 1 year of graduation. |
Number |
0 | 0 |
|
Percent |
0% |
0% |
|
| Graduates with unknown employment status |
Number |
1 | 1 |
|
Percent |
5% |
5% |
|
| Responses |
Response Numbers |
21 | 20 |
|
Response Rate |
100% |
100% |
|
|
TOTAL Policy Master’s Graduates (MPP) |
Number |
21 |
20 |
|
Percent |
100% |
100% |
|
| Internship Statistics (Number of Internships By Sector) |
2015-2016 Academic Year |
2016-2017 Academic Year |
2017-2018 Academic Year |
| National or central government in the same country as the program | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Foreign government (all levels) or international quasi-governmental | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nonprofit domestic-oriented | 11 | 13 | 16 |
| Nonprofit/NGOs internationally-oriented | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Private Sector – Research/Consulting | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Private Sector – not Research/Consulting | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL MPP Students | 19 | 23 | 30 |
| Employment Statistics (6 months post graduation) |
December 2015 |
December 2016 |
December 2017 |
| National or central government in the same country as the program | |||
| State, provincial or regional government in the same country as the program | 8 | 3 | |
| City, County, or other local government in the same country as the program | 1 | 1 | |
| Foreign government (all levels) or international quasi-governmental | |||
| Nonprofit domestic-oriented | 6 | 6 | |
| Nonprofit/NGOs internationally-oriented | 2 | 2 | |
| Private Sector – Research/Consulting | 2 | 3 | |
| Private Sector – not Research/Consulting | 2 | ||
| Military | |||
| Obtaining further education | 1 | ||
| Unemployed (seeking employment) | |||
| Unemployed (not seeking employment) | 1 | 1 | |
| Unknown | |||
| TOTAL MPP Graduates | 20 | 19 |