Summary The Master of Arts degree programs at the La Follette Institute require the completion of 42 credits. The program typically takes two years of full-time study. Both degrees allow students to develop an area of concentration, in which they choose from a wide range of university departments. About 25 students begin the two-year master's program at La Follette each fall.
Most students attend full-time.
Students often come to La Follette with undergraduate degrees in political science, economics, but also in fields such as business, history, English, or communications. Diversity of the student body is an attractive feature of the La Follette public affairs education.