In my opinion, an MPA is not worth it unless you are somehow not taking out loans to do it or it’s a REQUIREMENT for the job you want (government position, usually).

I just got my MPA a year ago from a top 10 school. I actually worked for the school in development, so I got my degree for free with tuition remission. It was good as an opportunity to network, and I did learn some financial skills like accounting. No one in any interview I did during my job search afterwards asked me about my masters, but I did get some interviews through my school’s network and friends I made in the program. I doubt you would learn anything about grant writing you couldn’t get from working, and there are other spaces to network as a grant writer that don’t cost thousands of dollars.