Graduate School | Department of Public Finance | Master of Arts (MA) Degree

Public finance is a specific branch of the financial services industry that focuses on the spending of organizations in the public sector, essentially government agencies. Public finance is critical for monitoring the collection of taxes, production of public goods, and distribution of government funds. Professionals working in public finance are given the duty of ensuring the financial health of public sector organizations. Most public finance analysts carefully review financial systems at play in governmental bodies to improve efficiency. Public finance plays an important role in making certain taxpayer money is being used as effectively as possible with a high level of transparency.