Fast Facts

By the Numbers

Students in 2007-08

  • Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs: 299
  • Executive Master of Public Administration program: 63
  • Ph.D. in Public Policy & Management: 10
  • Total: 372

Faculty & Staff in 2007-08

  • Nucleus faculty: 32
  • Senior lecturers, and affiliate & adjunct professors: 7
  • Collegiate staff: 34
  • Research center staff: 22
  • Executive training staff: 7
  • Total: 102

Tuition in 2007-08

  • MPA Program: $9,917 (in-state) $21,964 (out-of-state)
  • Executive MPA program: $33,000
  • Ph.D. program: $9,417

Funding in 2007-08

  • State: $3.6 million
  • Grants & contracts: $7.3 million
  • Annual gifts: $882,140
  • Endowments for Excellence: $541,601
  • Endowments fellowships: $127,563
  • Annual fellowships: $58,660
  • Fee-based training: $224,840
  • Fee-based Executive MPA: $228,683
  • Endowment market value: $17.5 million
  • Total: $30.5 million

Global Outreach

  • Hubert Humphrey International Fellows: 13
  • Korean Civil Service Commission Scholars: 9
  • Peace Corps Master's International Students: 16
  • International Development Certificate Program Students: 35

Employment of Students in 2007

  • Employed or continuing education withing six months of graduating: 93 percent
  • Public sector: 60 percent
  • Nonprofits: 23 percent
  • Private sector: 17 percent
  • Average annual salary (2007): $48,985 (MPA) $52,700-$80,000 (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).