George Bush School of Government
The George Bush School of Government and Public Service was founded in 1995 as a graduate public policy school at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. It was ranked twenty-second by the US News and World Report among public policy schools in the United States. Being named after the forty-first President of the United States, students can expect to enjoy the benefits of prestige and the chance to be trained and lectured to by prestigious public figures and famous personalities. Previous visitors to the school include Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Arnold Schwarzenneger and Mikhail Gorbachev.
The school offers the following graduate degree programs: Masters in Public Service Administration and Masters in International Affairs. A student taking up the latter can choose a field of concentration between National Security Affairs and International Economics and Development. Certificate graduate degrees are available as well, with the student being able to take it either in-residence or online. These degrees are Advanced International Affairs, Nonprofit Management, and Homeland Security (online only). Political Science or Economics students from Texas A&M University have the additional option to enter the George Bush School during their senior year as an undergraduate student, with the opportunity to finish their undergraduate and graduate studies in five years.
In-state tuition is $5,118 while out-of-state tuition comes up to $11,790. Various financial aids and scholarships are available, and it is typical for students to combine scholarships, loans and graduate assistantships to pay through their education.
Accreditation
The George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Master of Public Service and Admin is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.
