Fast Facts

By the Numbers

Students in 2008-09

  • Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs: 323
  • Executive Master of Public Administration program: 70
  • Ph.D. in Public Policy & Management: 15
  • Total:408

Faculty & Staff in 2008-09

  • Nucleus faculty: 29
  • Lecturers, and affiliate & adjunct professors: 5
  • Collegiate staff: 35
  • Research center staff: 7
  • Executive training staff: 5
  • Total:81

Tuition in 2008-09

  • MPA Program: $11,552 (in-state) $23,052 (out-of-state)
  • Executive MPA program: $36,585
  • Ph.D. program: $10,047 (in-state) $22,519 (out-of-state)

Finances in 2008-09

  • State: $3.6 million
  • Grants & contracts: $4.1 million
  • Annual gifts: $75,000
  • Endowments for Excellence: $591,917
  • Endowments fellowships: $167,512
  • Annual fellowships: $27,000
  • Fee-based programs: $2.2 million
  • Endowment market value: $17.6 million
  • Total: $28.3 million

Global Outreach

  • Hubert Humphrey International Fellows: 13
  • Korean Civil Service Commission Scholars: 9
  • Peace Corps Master's International Students: 30
  • International Development Certificate Program Students: 46

Employment of Students in 2008

  • Employed or continuing education withing six months of graduating: 90 percent
  • Public sector: 56 percent
  • Nonprofits: 30 percent
  • Private sector: 15 percent
  • Average annual salary (2007): $51,847 (MPA) $91,680 (Executive MPA)

Management & Policy Specializations

  • Education & Social Policy
  • Environmental Policy & Natural Resources Management
  • International Affairs
  • Nonprofit Management
  • Urban & Regional Affairs
  • Concurrent degrees with:
    • Public Health
    • Law
    • Forest Resources
    • International Studies
    • Urban Design & Planning

Distinguished Evans School Graduates

  • Virginia Anderson, President, Safeco Foundation
  • Peter Chiarelli, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army
  • Joan Fanning, Founding Executive Director, NPower
  • Karen Fraser and Joe McDermott, Washington State Senators
  • Neal Johnson, Government Performance Project Director, Pew Charitable Trust
  • Norman B. Rice, Former City of Seattle Mayor
  • Jill Wakefield, President, South Seattle Community College

Find out more about the Evans School by reading our Fact Sheet (455 KB PDF).