In its 2022 Best Public Affairs Graduate Schools review, US News & World Report ranked the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs second in the nation in Urban Policy.

This is an improvement for the college from the previous year when it ranked third in the same specialty.

Roland V. Anglin, Dean of Levin College, credits the school's faculty, its students and its “good blend of theory and practice,” for the ranking it received.

“We draw our sustenance and knowledge from the organizations and people that we work with,” Anglin said. “We take that knowledge and use it for our research, but we also generate solutions to the problems of our partner organizations in our community.” 

The report, which was released on March 30, ranked Levin College at #16 in Local Government Management and #23 in Nonprofit Management.

This year, the report for the first time recognized the college in Public Management and Leadership as well, ranking it at #40. 

Anglin hopes that Levin College continues doing what it does best: making the city of Cleveland a better place for its citizens.

“We have trained generations of leaders of this city and my hope is that we continue to do so,” Anglin said. “We also have generated important knowledge about what cities, especially legacy cities in the U.S., can do to revitalize, to rebound, and to serve those in need, and I know that we will continue to do that because that is at the core of what we do.”

As for what’s next for the college, Anglin envisions a future in which it will get to “do more” for Cleveland and northeast Ohio.

“I want us to be a resource for the public nonprofits and the private sector, and all of the sectors that are involved in the improvement of Cleveland,” Anglin said. “I want us to be thoroughly engaged and I want our students to be thoroughly engaged in the return of Cleveland to being a world-class city.”

For more information on the college, visit the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs homepage. The US News & World Report is here.