MS in Social Policy  

The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice offers a masters degree in social policy. The MS in Social Policy Program is designed to prepare students for leadership positions in:

• Analyzing and shaping social policy at the local, national and international levels;
• Promoting fuller integration of social policy between and across various sectors of social life; and
• Promoting more humane and equitable responses to the needs of historically vulnerable population groups—including children and youth, the aged, the poor, persons with serious emotional and physical limitations, members of minority groups and other populations of special interest to social welfare.

The program is designed for:

• Early and mid-career professionals engaged in policy work in the social and human services who are seeking to enhance their skill set,
• Recent recipients of a bachelor degree in the social sciences who wish to develop policy skills and,

Students pursuing other advanced degrees at Penn who wish a graduate degree in social policy may be able to do it in combinations with the following degrees:  PhD in Social Welfare (PhD), Master of Social Work (MSW), MS in Non-Profit Leadership (MS NPL), MS in Governmental Administration (MGA), MS in Public Health (MPH), and Juris Doctorate.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.