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Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence

For three quarters of a century, Rockefeller College has been educating the leaders who make a difference locally, nationally, and abroad.

Rockefeller College 75th Anniversary

Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy

Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy at the University at Albany is proud to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top schools in the country. Talented students come to Rockefeller for the knowledge and tools to make a difference in the world.

Offering undergraduate, masters and doctoral level degree programs in public administration, political science, criminal justice, and international affairs, as well as graduate certificate programs, we pride ourselves on preparing dynamic leaders who will shape the public policies of the future.

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Rockefeller College Celebrates 75th Anniversary

96%

of MPA graduates in the class of 2021 secured full-time employment within 9 months post-graduation.

Public Affairs graduate program among public institutions in the Northeast.

Information & Technology Management graduate specialization in the nation.

63%

of NYS Senate interns were Rockefeller College students in 2021-22.

Nationally Ranked MPA

U.S. News & World Report ranks the MPA program at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy 28th in the country out of 269 public affairs programs.

Within the field of public affairs, Rockefeller is ranked in the following specialties:

5th in Information and Technology Management
7th in Homeland Security and Emergency Management
17th in Nonprofit Management
17th in Public Management and Leadership
18th in Local Government Management
22nd in Public Finance and Budgeting

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College News

Words that Wound: The Relationship between Freedom of Speech and Equal Protection

September 28, 2023

Rockefeller College Dean and Professor Julie Novkov will lead a conversation on Tuesday, October 3rd about the clash between the First and Fourteenth amendments, including an examination of critical race theory, Holocaust denial, and countering hate speech and falsehoods portrayed as objective facts.

CTG UAlbany Examines Libraries’ Role in AI

September 28, 2023

UAlbany’s Center for Technology in Government is partnering with the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) to examine how libraries can empower communities to better understand AI and ensure its ethical design and application.

“Research  @  Rockefeller” Open House 

September 26, 2023

Rockefeller College will be participating in the University at Albany’s Research Week “Open House”  on Tuesday, Oct. 17th with a day of exciting opportunities to learn more about the College’s research and outreach.

Brown Feelings in a Conservative Register

September 19, 2023

The Rockefeller College Department of Political Science will be hosting Cristina Beltrán from New York University on Wednesday, October 11th. Beltrán is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social & Cultural Analysis at NYU. A political theorist by training, her research focuses on modern and contemporary political theory, Latino and U.S. ethnic/racial politics, and feminist and queer theory.