At A Glance: School of Public Affairs

Students*

566

Undergraduate: 154

Graduate: 412

Degrees Awarded 2009‡

Undergraduate: 6

Graduate: 149

Degree Programs

Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice (BA)

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

Optional concentrations in

local government

environmental policy, management and law

domestic violence

nonproﬁt management

emergency management and homeland security

homeland defense

Executive and accelerated MPA options

Certificate in interpersonal violence and helath care

Master of Criminal Justice (MCJ)

Optional concentration in domestic violence

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Affairs

Optional concentration in homeland security (pending funding)

Faculty*

Regular: 20

Lecturers: 24

Student-Faculty Ratio‡

10:1

Alumni‡

3,223

Undergraduate: 1% Graduate: 99%

Sample Organizations Hiring Alumni

State of Colorado

National Conference of State Legislatures

Arapahoe Library District

Environmental Protection Agency

Denver Public Schools

American Lung Assocation

City and County of Denver

Colorado Municipal League

City of Aspen

Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Colorado Ofﬁce of Legislative Auditing

Bell Policy Center

U.S. Park Service

At A Glance: School of Public Affairs

	Accreditation
	National Association of Schools of Public
	Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)

	Institutes and Centers
	Institute for Policy Research
	and Implementation
	Center on Domestic Violence
	Wirth Chair in Environmental and
	Community Development Policy
	Center for Education Policy Analysis
	Center for Public/Private Sector Cooperation
	Center for the Improvement of
	Public Management
	Center on Reinventing Public Education—
	Denver

	Bragging Rights
	The only public institution in Colorado
	authorized to grant graduate degrees in
	Public Affairs
	Ranked 32nd nationally by U.S. News &
	World Report
	Houses the editorial ofﬁce of the
	Public Administration Review (PAR), the
	premier journal in the ﬁeld of public affairs.
	SPA students report a 100% job placement
	rate. (Survey respondents from 2002-2005)
Houses the Policy Studies Journal (PSJ), a cooperative production of the Public Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.
Offers three leadership programs for both students and the community: the Rocky Mountain program, Denver Community Leadership Forum (DCLF) and the Colorado Certified Public Manager (CPM) program.

*Fall 2009 end-of-term enrollment data ‡Fiscal year 2008-2009 data