Public Policy & Administration

Walden’s Doctor of Public Administration online program academically prepares you to solve pressing problems in government, public, and nonprofit organizations.

Gain an international perspective, meet the challenges of governance and service delivery, effect policy-making, and make an impact on social issues.

Walden University’s MS in Nonprofit Management and Leadership degree program can prepare you to lead in a nonprofit organization.

Learn essential foundational concepts and principles related to government policy, budget and finance, and organizational management and leadership.

Enhance your skills to lead, develop, and implement emergency-response strategies. Learn to implement policies that protect individual safety without compromising rights and freedoms.

We offer hundreds of for-credit individual courses in education, counseling, business, IT, psychology, and health, among other areas which may be applied to Walden degree programs.

In Walden’s MPA Diversity and Social Justice specialization, you’ll examine the integral role of diversity in public policy and administration.

Nonprofit organizations face unique challenges that include funding initiatives, recruiting and retaining volunteers, analyzing public policy, and advocating for reforms in legislation. In the Nonprofit Management and Leadership specialization, you’ll explore best practices for navigating through budgeting and finance issues, cultivating stakeholder relationships, and developing strategic plans that foster collaboration across sectors.

The Law and Public Policy specialization explores the relationship between statutes and case law and the impact that legislation and court systems can have on public policy. Explore fundamental legal concepts and current topics in law as well as U.S. Supreme Court cases that have had a major precedential effect on individual rights.

Designed for public safety administrators and emergency responders who want to move forward in their careers, this specialization examines vital emergency management issues and contingency planning.

In an era of increasing globalization, leaders of nonprofit organizations and governmental departments at the local, state, and national levels need to know how to operate on an international scale.

Within the Local Government Management for Sustainable Communities specialization, you will discuss what sustainability and livability mean and explore a wide range of tools, strategies, and skills you can use to create sustainable communities that are more environmentally sound, economically prosperous, and socially equitable.

With the Self-Designed specialization, you can create your own learning experience and focus on nonprofit management and leadership theories, principles, and practices in an area that matches your specific goals and interests.

Explore strategies for helping Global South countries or developing regions build modern, sustainable communities with the Global Leadership specialization.

Designed for entrepreneurial professionals and students across all disciplines, coursework in this Walden MS in Nonprofit Management and Leadership specialization covers a range of organizational activities and structures and nonprofit sector responses.