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Welcome to the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) at Rutgers University–Newark

More than 800 students are registered annually in SPAA’s PhD, Master of Public Administration (MPA), and BA in Public and Nonprofit Administration degree programs, as well as our many certificate programs. Our graduates are teaching and gaining tenure at dozens of universities and holding executive-level positions in the nonprofit and public sectors in the U.S. and around the world.