Fast Facts


By the Numbers

Students in 2010-11

  • Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs: 372
  • Executive Master of Public Administration program: 70
  • Ph.D. in Public Policy & Management: 17
  • Total: 459

Faculty in 2010-11

  • Nucleus faculty: 29
  • Lecturers, and affiliate & adjunct professors: 5
  • Total: 34

Tuition in 2010-11

  • MPA Program: $13,376 (in-state) $26,277 (out-of-state)
  • Executive MPA program: $39,050
  • Ph.D. program: $10,544 (in-state) $23,363 (out-of-state)

Finances in 2010-11

  • State: $3.7 million
  • Grants & contracts: $4.3 million
  • Annual gifts: $116,668
  • Endowments for Excellence: $580,965
  • Endowments fellowships: $239,870
  • Annual fellowships: $281,139
  • Fee-based programs: $1.9 million
  • Endowment market value: $16.4 million

Global Outreach

  • Hubert Humphrey International Fellows: 15
  • Korean Civil Service Commission Scholars: 10
  • Peace Corps Master's International Students: 30
  • International Development Certificate Program Students: 46

Employment of Students in 2010

  • Employed or continuing education withing six months of graduating: 90 percent
  • Public sector: 57 percent
  • Nonprofits: 35 percent
  • Private sector: 8 percent
  • Average annual salary (2009): $52,007 (MPA) $91,680 (Executive MPA)

Management & Policy Specializations

  • Policy Analysis & Evaluation
  • Strategic Leadership, Decision-Making, & Management
  • Public Financial Management
  • Environment & Natural Resources
  • International Development
  • Metropolitan & Regional Policy
  • Nonprofit Management & Philanthropy
  • Social Policy: Poverty, Education & Social Welfare

Distinguished Evans School Graduates

  • William D. Center, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired)
  • Virginia Anderson, President, Safeco Foundation
  • Peter Chiarelli, General, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
  • Sally Clark, Seattle City Councilmember
  • Norman B. Rice, Former City of Seattle Mayor (1990-1997), CEO, The Seattle Foundation
  • Karen Fraser, Washington State Senator
  • Steven Hobbs, Washington State Senator
  • Bob Hasegawa, Washington State Representative
  • Jill Wakefield, Chancellor, Seattle Community Colleges
  • Joan Fanning, Founding Executive Director, NPower

Find out more about the Evans School by reading our Fact Sheet (662 KB PDF).