Cal State San Bernardino's master's in public administration program has earned re-accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. () CSUSB is the only university in the Inland Empire with an M.P.A. program accredited by NASPAA.

The National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration is the membership association of graduate programs in public administration, public policy and public affairs. NASPAA's Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation is the specialized accreditor of those master degree programs. The organization's mission is to ensure excellence in education and training for public service and to promote the ideal of public service.

"This is great news," said Monty Van Wart, chair of CSUSB's department of public administration. "Typically, a significant number of programs fail accreditation, get reduced accreditation periods or are subject to probation or monitoring conditions. We were fully accredited without any monitoring restrictions.

"This is a tribute to the hard work of our faculty, students and colleagues in various departments, graduate studies and the administration," he said.

For more information about the NASPAA accreditation, contact Van Wart at (909) 537-5759 or mvanwart@csusb.edu.

For more information about Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university's Office of Public Affairs at (909) 537-5007 and visit news.csusb.edu.