The Master of Public Administration Program at the University of Georgia is one of the nation's best for public service education. It is the highest ranked  graduate degree program at UGA and is ranked 4th in the nation among hundreds of public affairs programs. (U.S. News & World Report, 2008). The MPA Program is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools
of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). To accommodate working professionals, courses are offered in the evenings at UGA's main campus in Athens and at the University of Georgia at Gwinnett in suburban Atlanta.
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The mission of the PhD Program at the University of Georgia is to achieve distinction as a leader in public administration and policy education and research. Our students are actively involved in pursuing this mission. Over the past decade, our PhD graduates have received more national dissertation awards in public administration -- thirteen -- than graduates from any other school. Our faculty enjoy national
and international reputations, and the placement record for graduates is excellent.
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The University of Georgia's Department of Public Administration and Policy is a center of excellence for outstanding teaching and research on public administration, public policy, and questions of governance more generally.
With highly rated graduate programs, nationally and internationally known research scholars, and strong students drawn from around the U.S. and abroad, the department is a stimulating intellectual community where people engage many of the most important and pressing issues of public and nonprofit affairs. |
Four MPA Students Named Presidential Management Fellows
Current MPA students Mary Ellen Wiggins, Taryn Anderson, Courtney Bell and Josh Bull have been awarded the prestigious Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) and will be attending the PMF Job Fair in late April in Washington, DC. The PMF is the new name for the highly regarded Presidential Management Internship program. Since 1977, the PMF program has served as a fast-track for admittance into employment in the federal government. Taryn grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and earned her undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University in strategic communications. She is studying both Public Policy and Nonprofit Administration in the MPA program. Courtney was raised in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. She attended Presbyterian College and majored in English. For her MPA coursework, she is specializing in Public Policy. Josh was born to parents who were both missionaries and later worked for the United Nations. He has lived in Israel, Haiti, Ecuador, and Argentina but calls Atlanta, Georgia home. He attended Georgetown University and majored in International Politics. He is currently specializing in Nonprofit Administration in the MPA program. Mary Ellen Wiggins grew up in Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta, and graduated from Wellesley College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies. Her specialization in the MPA program is Public Policy. |
