Welcome to Maryland’s Most Comprehensive College dedicated to Public Service!
I am pleased to welcome you to Maryland’s most comprehensive, diverse, and engaged college of public service. Whether you are a prospective or current student, faculty member, staff member or community partner, you will find on this site exciting education programs and engagement initiatives that seek to solve real world problems facing Baltimore, our nation, and the beyond!
The University of Baltimore is a fantastic place to study public affairs! In collaboration
with university and community partners, UBalt’s College of Public Affairs is a community dedicated to improving the lives of others. Our students learn from
internationally known scholars, award-winning teachers and public servants who help
students gain practical experience and find new pathways toward rewarding careers.
Our students come from backgrounds that are rich in experience and diversity. It
is a learning environment that is captivating, exciting and accessible to working
adults.
At UBalt CPA, we value career focused education that is professional, inclusive, practical
and problem solving at a time where expanding the skills of government and nonprofit
leaders could not be more important. Our location in Baltimore, Maryland’s largest
city, provides our students with a “built-in” laboratory, with opportunities to put
theory into practice and create change right outside our doors. Our doorways lead
farther than Baltimore. At UBalt CPA, you may take in person, hybrid, and online
courses. You will likely also find yourself in cutting-edge courses where the classroom
includes in-person and online students, SIMULTANEOUSLY.
I invite you to explore our website and our educational offerings which include 9
graduate degrees, 6 undergraduate degrees, 8 graduate certificates and additional
continuing education programs (that may help you earn credit toward a graduate degree).
You will find these programs within three distinct schools:
The college is also home to three award-winning public service centers: the Center for Public Safety Innovation, Center for Advancing Prevention Excellence, and the Schaefer Center for Public Policy. UBalt CPA is also home to the award-winning Second Chance program and the NextGen Leaders in Public Service program, which has provided over 350 paid internship experiences to students in sites all over Maryland.
At UBalt CPA, we believe that public service is the highest of callings and an opportunity to spend a fantastic career improving lives. As dean, I want to warmly welcome you and offer our help.
Please reach out if we can be of service.
-Roger E. Hartley, Ph.D., dean, College of Public Affairs
Have a question for the dean? Reach out to him by calling the Office of the Dean at 410.837.5359 or by email at rhartley@ubalt.edu.