USC Price Blog

When it comes to pursuing an online master’s degree, the benefits seem obvious: more flexibility, access to global perspectives, and classes designed for working professionals. Still, prospective students often worry that by joining a remote learning environment, they won’t have the same opportunity to immerse themselves in the wider university community. For graduate students at USC that’s not the case.

Over the past ten years, the County of Houston has been able to rehome over 25,000 unhoused individuals, many of whom have been able to stay in housing after 2 years. Working with county agencies, local health providers, and nonprofits, Houston reduced its number of unhoused individuals by a stunning 63% since 2011. Lance Gilliam,…

Jannatara Zaman is an Employment Development Department liaison for an Assemblymember’s office in District 21. She graduated from the USC Price Master of Public Administration program online in 2019. Zaman discusses how the MPA degree helped her become an industry expert in the field of public administration, which ultimately led to her serving for the State of California.

In her Q&A, Beth Zollars discusses the most impactful skills she learned and why she believes, both as an alumna and professor, that the program is so unique.

White-Gamble discusses how the MPA degree helped her analyze and solve problems, which ultimately led to her becoming a senior leader in her organization.