Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) is the

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school of

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

, and is located on the Rutgers-Newark campus. Rutgers SPAA offers bachelor's, Master of Public Administration (MPA), and

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

degrees as well as graduate and non-credit certificates focused on particular issues of public and nonprofit management and policy implementation. The State of New Jersey's

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program is housed at SPAA.

History

The School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) was founded in 2006 after providing doctoral and master's public administration education for over 30 years to pre-service, in-service, and executive students through the Rutgers–Newark Graduate School.

Rankings and Accreditation

Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration has one of the top programs in public affairs and administration in the United States according to rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. The school is accredited by the

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Notable Current and Former SPAA Faculty

* Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia * James Davy * Marc Holzer * Norma Riccucci

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rutgers University School of Public Affairs And Administration Public administration schools in the United States Rutgers School of Public Universities and colleges in Essex County, New Jersey Education in Newark, New Jersey