Ohio Certified Public Manager Program, OCPM

The Ohio Certified Public Manager (OCPM) program is an accredited training program designed to enhance the skills of practicing public managers who work in state, county, regional, or local agencies of Ohio’s governments. The first accredited CPM program was developed in Georgia in 1976. In 2007, 29 states, including Ohio, had accredited CPM programs, along with the federal government and the District of Columbia.

The OCPM program is housed in the Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS). The Levin College of Urban Affairs delivers the OCPM Program in the northeast region of the state, in partnership with the University of Akron, Kent State University, and Youngstown State University.

The Levin College’s MPA faculty recognizes that the OCPM program is worthy of graduate publicadministration credits. The College will award OCPM graduates entering the MPA Program with eight credit hours of elective course work. OCPM graduates applying to the MPA Program must provide documentation from DAS, showing they have successfully completed the entire OCPM program.