Ph.D. in Public Affairs
Fall 2025 Application Deadlines:December 10, 2024: Priority deadline to be considered for all possible fellowships.February 1, 2025: Regular fall admission and to be considered for graduate assistantships.
Fall 2025 Application Deadlines:December 10, 2024: Priority deadline to be considered for all possible fellowships.February 1, 2025: Regular fall admission and to be considered for graduate assistantships.
Dear Prospective Ph.D. student,
Thank you for your interest in the Ph.D. program in Public Affairs at FIU. Our Ph.D. program equips you with critical thinking and research capacity on urban and comparative international governance issues. It broadly encompasses public administration, management, policy, and service and prepares you for research and analytic positions in universities, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Please see below for an overview of the admissions process as well as more information about the program's curriculum and requirements.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have further questions.
Alexander Kroll, Ph.D.
Professor and PhD Program Director
Email:akroll@fiu.edu
The Ph.D. program in Public Affairs is a 63 credit hours program (beyond a master's degree). Of this, 48 hours are for coursework as follows: seven principal core courses (21 credit hours), two flexible core courses (6 credit hours), five specialization elective courses (15 credit hours), and a comprehensive examination (six credit hours). The remaining 15 credit hours are for Ph.D. dissertation work. Students are provided a Program Planning Sheet for tracking degree progress.
The cost of attending the Ph.D. program at FIU depends on whether you are a Florida resident or not. Florida residents have to pay lower tuition costs as compared to non-Florida residents. You must also take into account the living expenses, if you are coming from out of the state. The Graduate Tuition and Fees for the Academic Year 2024-25 are as follows: the tuition per credit hour is $455.64 for Florida residents, and $1,001.69 for non-Florida residents. A full time student would take 9 credit hours during Fall and Spring semesters, and 6 credit hours during Summer semester. There are additional fees for photo ID, health, athletic, and parking which total $890.20 during Fall, $880.20 in the Spring, and $646.71 during Summer. A photo ID fee of $10 is charged in Fall semester. The total tuition and fees cost for the year would be $13,338.97 for Florida residents, and $26,444.17 for out of state students. International students would normally be assessed the out of state tuition fees. The total costs for full time international students (with out of state tuition rates) is estimated in the FIU’s Declaration and Certification of Finances Form.