• Grade of "B" or higher in a college-level math course highly preferred
  
• Copy of current resume
• 1-2 page personal statement
  

Application Filing Dates
The MPA Online Program is offered in four (4) terms or sessions each year, and currently accepts new students for sessions in the Spring and Fall.  Applicants should have their CSUmentor.edu applications complete, all official transcripts submitted to Admissions, and the resume and statement of purpose emailed to the MPA coordinator by these dates.

Session 1 (Spring)
-Class dates: January to March
-Application deadline: October 1

Session 2 (Summer)
-Class dates: April to June
-Application deadline: no intake for new students

Session 3 (Fall)
-Class dates: July to September
-Application deadline: July 1

Session 4 (Fall)
-Class dates: September to December
-Application deadline: July 1

Application Fees
An application fee of $55 in U.S. funds, payable to CSUDH, must accompany your application. The fee is nonrefundable and may not be transferred to another term at any campus.  **Application material received and accepted after the published deadline will incur an additional $15.00 application fee.   Please note: a copy of your submitted application, personal statement and current résumé.  You are not required to submit an additional application fee to the department.

Tuition Fees
Effective September 23, 2013 tuition is $460 a unit.  Course fees are the same for both resident and international students. All fees are subject to change.


How To Apply:

• Submit an online application to through CSU Mentor http://www.csumentor.edu.  If you have previously applied to the MPA program, you must re-apply on CSUmentor.

• One official transcript from each college or university attended. Transcripts must be sent to the Office of Admissions and Records in sealed envelopes directly from the issuing institutions.

• A one-to-two page typewritten personal statement that describes the applicant's professional accomplishments and goals and explains how a MPA degree would help reach those goals.  The personal statement will be used to evaluate the applicant's critical thinking and writing skills and to access the appropriateness of a MPA degree to the achievement of the stated goals.  Email or mail this to the MPA Coordinator.
  

• A current résumé. The résumé will be used to evaluate the applicant's academic background and professional experience.  Email or mail this to the MPA Coordinator.

• Certified English translations of non-English transcripts (International students only) should be sent to the Office of Admissions and Records.

• TOEFL score (if required) sent directly from the appropriate testing organization to the Office of Admissions and Records. All graduate applicants, regardless of citizenship, whose preparatory education was principally in a language other than English must demonstrate competence in English. Those who do not possess a baccalaureate degree from an institution where English is the principal language of instruction must receive a minimum score of 550 on the Test Of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Office of Admissions and Records
California State University Dominguez Hills
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747

MPA Online Program Coordinator
April Uhlig
College of Business Administration and Public Policy
California State University Dominguez Hills
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
auhlig@csudh.edu