{"id":1622,"date":"2025-05-07T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:45:38","slug":"wagners-urban-policy-program-keeps-top-spot-in-us-news-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/wagners-urban-policy-program-keeps-top-spot-in-us-news-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Wagner\u2019s urban policy program keeps top spot in US News ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NYU\u2019s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service <\/span>ranked No.1 in urban policy<\/span><\/a> in the U.S. News and World Report\u2019s analysis of 268 graduate schools nationwide \u2014 marking its seventh consecutive year in the leading spot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a public affairs school, Wagner <\/span>fell two spots to No. 11<\/span><\/a> and tied with Arizona State University, Princeton University, the University of Minnesota and the University of Texas, Austin. U.S. News\u2019 rankings for all 12 speciality programs under public affairs \u2014 including urban policy, environmental policy and technology management \u2014 remained stagnant from last year, after the publication faced an \u201c<\/span>error<\/span><\/a>\u201d in curating the list of institutions to include on an updated list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To formulate the rankings, the dean and one other representative from each school recommended up to 15 programs for their urban policy education, with each school\u2019s place on the list representing how popular it was among peer institutions. Wagner also placed third for its health policy program, seventh for both public finance and nonprofit management and eighth in international global policy based on similar peer assessments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To represent Wagner, dean Sherry Glied and associate dean Rajeev Dehejia participated in the surveying process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn many ways, it is ultimately a very important ranking,\u201d Dehejia said in an interview with WSN. \u201cThere are other measures of the U.S. News\u2019 rankings that are more quantitative, but all the affairs programs are peer assessments only. In many ways, that\u2019s the most important thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wagner first topped the urban policy program rankings in 2019, overtaking the University of Southern California\u2019s Price School of Public Policy. NYU students pursuing a master\u2019s degree in urban planning can either concentrate on city and community planning \u2014 which focuses on aspects such as land laws and local policies \u2014 or international development, which employs a historical perspective to analyze decentralized governance and planning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mitchell Moss, an urban policy and planning professor at Wagner, attributed the program\u2019s strength to its distinct position under a public service school. According to Wagner\u2019s website, most other urban planning programs fall under a design or architecture school at peer institutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur focus is on how the public and nonprofit sector get things done \u2014 it\u2019s not just on how they look and how they are designed physically,\u201d Moss told WSN. \u201cBy being in a school of public service or public policy, our students get the benefit of taking courses which are very much essential to the success of planning today.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vanessa Deane, director of Wagner\u2019s urban planning program, said in an interview with WSN that receiving an education in urban planning is an avenue for people to make a worthwhile impact amid a political climate characterized by a <\/span>crackdown on environmental policies and organizations<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUrban planning is a really exciting discipline \u2014 the ability to look at historic trends and how they\u2019ve come to shape realities, and using that to inform the future is such an exciting profession,\u201d Deane said. \u201cI hope that through rankings like this, it helps increase the exposure of planning as a discipline \u2026 where you can have a real and lasting impact for the better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Amelia Hernandez Gioia at agioia@nyunews.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

This story Wagner\u2019s urban policy program keeps top spot in US News ranking<\/a> appeared first on Washington Square News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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