MPSLA Public Safety Leadership and Administration (EMS - Mobile Integrated Health Care) at Arizona State University

Programme overview

The Master of Public Safety Leadership and Administration degree program is designed for you, as a public safety professional. An advanced degree is an important key to career progression within public safety administration. Having advanced degree gives you a significant advantage --- a practical understanding of public safety organization administration --- when you seek to progress in your profession.

What you will study

30 credit hours - course-based master's Required Core (15 credit hours) CRJ 510 Criminal Justice Planning and Program Evaluation (3) CRJ 574 Executive Leadership Principles in Public Safety (3) PAF 506 Public Budgeting and Finance (3) PAF 507 Public Human Resource Management (3) PAF 508 Organization Behavior (3) Concentration (9 credit hours) CRJ 571 Foundations of Emergency Medical Services (3) CRJ 572 Community Paramedicine: Mobile Integrated Health Care (3) HCD 502 Foundations of U.S.

Career pathways

Graduates are in a position to lead and improve EMS teams in mobile integrated health care. They have knowledge and skills that uniquely qualify them for leadership positions in different types of EMS agencies, such as hospitals, public health departments and managed care organizations.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions. Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in criminology or criminal justice, public administration or public service, sociology or social work, public safety or fire service management, parks and recreation management, applied sciences or another closely related field from a regionally accredited college or university. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program, or applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program.

Domestic applicants: USD 13,327 a year (2026-27). Arizona resident tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads Source

International applicants: USD 24,780 a year (2026-27). International tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads ar Source

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer; the terms available for each programme are listed in Degree Search.

Graduate application deadlines are set by each programme office and listed in Degree Search; the application opens almost a year before the start term. The nonrefundable application fee is $75 for U.S. citizens, permanent residents, DACA and international online students outside the U.S., and $120 for international students on a nonimmigrant visa studying in the U.S. Apply with ASU's graduate application (Law applicants use the law college's site); GRE/GMAT requirements vary by programme.

Apply through the official page: https://admission.asu.edu/apply/graduate/admission

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