UNC MPA students represent a variety of academic backgrounds and interest areas but are united by a desire to improve their communities through a career in public service. Some of our students choose to pursue a public administration degree before entering the workforce, while others seek to advance their career or change fields.
Our students are an accomplished and diverse group. Just over half of UNC MPA students are from North Carolina.
Meet some of our students on our Student Voices page. We also invite you to learn more about student life and opportunities for engagement.
December 17, 2024
Graduates of the UNC Master of Public Administration program gathered Saturday, December 14 to…
December 03, 2024
Ian Wheeler, 2nd year student Hometown: Hampton, VA Academics: Bachelor of Social Work from…
November 20, 2024
Christopher ‘Layne’ Cole is from Roxboro, NC, a small town about an hour north of Durham where he…
—Thomas Bennett MPA ’20
—Marchell Adams-David MPA ’92, City Manager, Raleigh, NC
January 24, 2025
This post was written by current student Ushni Gupta. As the Southern California wildfires…
December 12, 2024
Jenny Heckscher is the director of innovation programs for the Center for Innovation Strategies at…
November 19, 2024
Immersion weekend is a yearly event where we invite all of online students to campus for a weekend…