Thank you for your advice.
I'm debating staying in my home state (New Jersey) and attending Bloustein for its MPP program, but then I'd only really be limited to local/state affairs which is perfectly fine for me. I guess it all boils down if I wanna go local/state (Bloustein) or federal (UMD). Decisions....
Apologies, I didn't read my funding offer correctly.
I would have to pay 38k total for my MPP degree and I would get 30K in funding.
So I would pay 8k out of pocket, along with living expenses.
Now does this sound slightly more worth the jump to UMD?
I also received an email with a pdf, which included a funding offer of half an assistantship. For each year, I would be paying 23,000 plus living expenses. Is this price worth it for UMD's MPP program?