Nonprofit Management Program Ranked #17 in US
Friday, April 15, 2016
MPA Director Dr. Matthew Hale was excited when the new rankings were released saying, “We are encouraged to see our ranking increase from last year. We think that it is a testimony to the good things that happen when students, alumni, and faculty are all working together to improve.”
Dr. Hale also pointed out that Seton Hall, with a total student enrollment of around 10,000 students, is the smallest school on the nonprofit ranking list. More than half of the schools on the list are large, public universities, with total enrollments five times larger than Seton Hall, a fact that Seton Hall MPA student Ashley Manz says makes the recognition even more meaningful. “I have always known the Seton Hall MPA program was world class, but now I can tell my friends that Seton Hall is ranked in the top twenty with other big name schools. It’s a really exciting time for our program.”
Over the past four years the MPA program has been working
to find new ways to make improvements and grow. This has included
revamping courses to reflect changes in technology and effective
leadership; for example former Mayor of South Orange, Alex Torpey, was
brought in to teach the core course “Strategic Management of
Collaborative Governance.” Elective courses have also been expanded to
include special topics such as “Chris Christie: The Rise and Fall of the
YouTube Governor,” “Homeland Security,” “Environmental Sustainability
and Law,” and “Israeli Society, and Politics.” In addition, a fourth MPA
concentration, in Data Visualization and Analytics, which is a
collaboration between the MPA and the Math, Psychology and Computer
Science Departments, will be starting in the Fall of 2016. The MPA
program has also recently expanded its “3/2” program to allow top flight
undergraduates in political science, sociology, and religious studies
to receive both a BA and
MPA degree in 5 years.
“This ranking speaks to our national reputation and strength in nonprofit management, which is really great. But we are always looking for ways of expanding and improving all of our offerings for students and working to stay on the cutting edge of public and nonprofit management administration,” says Dr. Hale
The MPA program is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2016 semester. More information about our program and scholarships can be found on our webpage [hyperlink to: www.shu.edu/go/mpa]. The Seton Hall MPA program can also be found on Facebook [hyperlink to: www.facebook.com/SetonHallMPA] and follow us on Twitter [hyperlink to: www.twitter.com/SetonHallMPA] and Instagram [hyperlink to: www.instagram.com/setonhallmpa]!
