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Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU announces recipients of 16th Excellence in Virginia Government Awards
Read moreWilder School triple graduate Cydney Lowenstein brings data analysis expertise to the Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory
Read moreBob Holsworth explores recent election trends and looks to the future of politics in Virginia and nationally
Read moreVCU Wilder School Commonwealth Poll reveals half of Virginians approve of President Biden’s handling of his job
Read moreLong live the “Son of Virginia”: 66th Governor of Virginia L. Douglas Wilder turns 92
Read moreWalking in urban green spaces is better for us than walking in gray spaces says Wilder School research
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The 2023 U.S. News & World Report rankings show the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University rose to No. 35 in the nation among public affairs graduate schools (up from No. 38 in 2022). The Wilder School’s public management and leadership program also climbed to No. 29 (rising from No. 34 in 2022) in the report’s specialty program rankings.
Since 2018, the Wilder School’s public affairs graduate school position has risen 21 spots. The 2023 distinctions mark the school’s highest rankings since its creation in 2004 and place it within the nation’s top 15 percent of schools of public affairs and public management and leadership programs and the top graduate school of public affairs in Virginia.
Nationally-ranked M.P.A. program can now be completed fully online
Wilder School to offer Virginia’s first fully-accredited online program
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