Best Graduate Public Affairs Schools Programs in US 2017

Ranked in 2016 by US News

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More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank School name Score
#1

Indiana University—​Bloomington

(Bloomington, IN)

4.4
#1

Syracuse University (Maxwell)

(Syracuse, NY)

4.4
#3

Harvard University (Kennedy)

(Cambridge, MA)

4.2
#4

Princeton University (Wilson)

(Princeton, NJ)

4.1
#4

University of Georgia

(Athens, GA)

4.1
#4

University of Southern California (Price)

(Los Angeles, CA)

4.1
#4

University of Washington (Evans)

(Seattle, WA)

4.1
#8

University of California—​Berkeley (Goldman)

(Berkeley, CA)

4.0
#8

University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor (Ford)

(Ann Arbor, MI)

4.0
#8

University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities (Humphrey)

(Minneapolis, MN)

4.0
#11

New York University (Wagner)

(New York, NY)

3.9
#11

University of Texas—​Austin (LBJ)

(Austin, TX)

3.9
#13

Arizona State University

(Phoenix, AZ)

3.8
#13

Carnegie Mellon University (Heinz)

(Pittsburgh, PA)

3.8
#13

Duke University (Sanford)

(Durham, NC)

3.8
#13

George Washington University (Trachtenberg)

(Washington, DC)

3.8
#13

University of Chicago (Harris)

(Chicago, IL)

3.8
#13

University of Wisconsin—​Madison (La Follette)

(Madison, WI)

3.8
#19

American University

(Washington, DC)

3.7
#19

Columbia University (SIPA)

(New York, NY)

3.7
#19

Florida State University (Askew)

(Tallahassee, FL)

3.7
#19

University at Albany—​SUNY (Rockefeller)

(Albany, NY)

3.7
#19

University of California—​Los Angeles (Luskin)

(Los Angeles, CA)

3.7
#19

University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS)

3.7
#25

Georgetown University (McCourt)

(Washington, DC)

3.6
#25

Georgia State University (Young)

(Atlanta, GA)

3.6
#25

Ohio State University (Glenn)

(Columbus, OH)

3.6
#25

University of Kentucky (Martin)

(Lexington, KY)

3.6
#25

University of Nebraska—​Omaha

(Omaha, NE)

3.6
#25

University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill

(Chapel Hill, NC)

3.6
#31

Texas A&M University—​College Station (Bush)

(College Station, TX)

3.5
#31

University of Maryland—​College Park

(College Park, MD)

3.5
#33

University of Missouri (Truman)

(Columbia, MO)

3.4
#34

Johns Hopkins University

(Washington, DC)

3.3
#34

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​Newark

(Newark, NJ)

3.3
#34

Stanford University

(Stanford, CA)

3.3
#34

University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ)

3.3
#34

University of Colorado—​Denver

(Denver, CO)

3.3
#34

University of Pittsburgh

(Pittsburgh, PA)

3.3
#34

Virginia Tech

(Blacksburg, VA)

3.3
#41

Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY)

3.2
#41

George Mason University

(Arlington, VA)

3.2
#41

Indiana University-​Purdue University—​Indianapolis

(Indianapolis, IN)

3.2
#41

University of Virginia (Batten)

(Charlottesville, VA)

3.2
#45

Brandeis University (Heller)

(Waltham, MA)

3.1
#45

Cleveland State University (Levin)

(Cleveland, OH)

3.1
#45

CUNY—​Baruch College

(New York, NY)

3.1
#45

Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta, GA)

3.1
#45

North Carolina State University

(Raleigh, NC)

3.1
#45

Northern Illinois University

(DeKalb, IL)

3.1
#45

Portland State University (Hatfield)

(Portland, OR)

3.1
#45

University of Connecticut

(West Hartford, CT)

3.1
#45

University of Delaware

(Newark, DE)

3.1
#45

University of Illinois—​Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

3.1
#45

University of Pennsylvania (Fels)

(Philadelphia, PA)

3.1
#56

Brigham Young University—​Provo (Romney)

(Provo, UT)

3.0
#56

Brown University (Taubman)

(Providence, RI)

3.0
#56

CUNY—​John Jay College

(New York, NY)

3.0
#56

Naval Postgraduate School

(Monterey, CA)

3.0
#56

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick (Bloustein)

(New Brunswick, NJ)

3.0
#56

University of Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT)

3.0
#56

Virginia Commonwealth University (Wilder)

(Richmond, VA)

3.0
#63

Binghamton University—​SUNY

(Binghamton, NY)

2.9
#63

University of Central Florida

(Orlando, FL)

2.9
#63

University of North Carolina—​Charlotte

(Charlotte, NC)

2.9
#63

University of North Texas

(Denton, TX)

2.9
#63

Vanderbilt University (Peabody)

(Nashville, TN)

2.9
#68

Auburn University—​Auburn

(Auburn, AL)

2.8
#68

Florida International University

(Miami, FL)

2.8
#68

New School (Milano)

(New York, NY)

2.8
#68

Pepperdine University

(Malibu, CA)

2.8
#68

University of Alabama—​Birmingham

(Birmingham, AL)

2.8
#68

University of Baltimore

(Baltimore, MD)

2.8
#68

University of Maryland—​Baltimore County

(Baltimore, MD)

2.8
#68

University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK)

2.8
#68

University of Texas—​Dallas

(Richardson, TX)

2.8
#77

Claremont Graduate University

(Claremont, CA)

2.7
#77

College of William and Mary (Jefferson)

(Williamsburg, VA)

2.7
#77

Northeastern University

(Boston, MA)

2.7
#77

Pennsylvania State University—​Harrisburg

(Middletown, PA)

2.7
#77

University of Louisville

(Louisville, KY)

2.7
#77

University of Massachusetts—​Boston (McCormack)

(Boston, MA)

2.7
#77

University of Oregon

(Eugene, OR)

2.7
#77

University of Texas—​Arlington

(Arlington, TX)

2.7
#77

Wichita State University (Wall)

(Wichita, KS)

2.7
#86

James Madison University

(Harrisonburg, VA)

2.6
#86

San Diego State University

(San Diego, CA)

2.6
#86

University of Arkansas (Clinton)

(Little Rock, AR)

2.6
#86

University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

(Amherst, MA)

2.6
#86

University of Missouri—​Kansas City

(Kansas City, MO)

2.6
#86

University of Missouri—​St. Louis

(St. Louis, MO)

2.6
#86

University of New Mexico

(Albuquerque, NM)

2.6
#86

University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

(Knoxville, TN)

2.6
#86

Wayne State University

(Detroit, MI)

2.6
#86

Willamette University (Atkinson)

(Salem, OR)

2.6
#96

Auburn University—​Montgomery

(Montgomery, AL)

2.5
#96

Boise State University

(Boise, ID)

2.5
#96

College of Charleston

(Charleston, SC)

2.5
#96

DePaul University

(Chicago, IL)

2.5
#96

Florida Atlantic University

(Boca Raton, FL)

2.5

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