Best Graduate Public Affairs Programs in US 2015

Ranked by US News

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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank	School name	Score
#1	Syracuse University (Maxwell) (Syracuse, NY, US)	4.5
#2	Indiana University—Bloomington (Bloomington, IN, US)	4.4
#3	Harvard University (Kennedy) (Cambridge, MA, US)	4.3
#4	University of Georgia (Athens, GA, US)	4.2
#5	Princeton University (Wilson) (Princeton, NJ, US)	4.1
#6	New York University (Wagner) (New York, NY, US)	4.0
#6	University of California—Berkeley (Goldman) (Berkeley, CA, US)	4.0
#6	University of Southern California (Price) (Los Angeles, CA, US)	4.0
#9	Carnegie Mellon University (Heinz) (Pittsburgh, PA, US)	3.9
#9	University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS, US)	3.9
#9	University of Washington (Evans) (Seattle, WA, US)	3.9
#12	American University (Washington, DC, US)	3.8
#12	George Washington University (Trachtenberg) (Washington, DC, US)	3.8
#12	University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ford) (Ann Arbor, MI, US)	3.8
#12	University of Wisconsin—Madison (La Follette) (Madison, WI, US)	3.8
#16	Arizona State University (Phoenix, AZ, US)	3.7
#16	Duke University (Sanford) (Durham, NC, US)	3.7
#16	Florida State University (Askew) (Tallahassee, FL, US)	3.7
#16	University at Albany—SUNY (Rockefeller) (Albany, NY, US)	3.7
#16	University of Kentucky (Martin) (Lexington, KY, US)	3.7
#16	University of Minnesota—Twin Cities (Humphrey) (Minneapolis, MN, US)	3.7
#16	University of Texas—Austin (LBJ) (Austin, TX, US)	3.7
#23	Georgetown University (Washington, DC, US)	3.6
#23	Georgia State University (Young) (Atlanta, GA, US)	3.6
#23	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—Newark (Newark, NJ, US)	3.6
#23	University of California—Los Angeles (Luskin) (Los Angeles, CA, US)	3.6
#23	University of Chicago (Harris) (Chicago, IL, US)	3.6
#23	University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC, US)	3.6
#29	Columbia University (New York, NY, US)	3.5
#29	Ohio State University (Glenn) (Columbus, OH, US)	3.5
#29	University of Colorado—Denver (Denver, CO, US)	3.5
#29	University of Maryland—College Park (College Park, MD, US)	3.5
#33	Texas A&M University—College Station (Bush) (College Station, TX, US)	3.4
#33	University of Missouri (Truman) (Columbia, MO, US)	3.4
#33	University of Nebraska—Omaha (Omaha, NE, US)	3.4
#33	University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA, US)	3.4
#37	Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, US)	3.3
#37	University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, US)	3.3
#37	University of Delaware (Newark, DE, US)	3.3
#37	University of Illinois—Chicago (Chicago, IL, US)	3.3
#37	Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA, US)	3.3
#42	Cleveland State University (Levin) (Cleveland, OH, US)	3.2
#42	George Mason University (Fairfax, VA, US)	3.2
#42	Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD, US)	3.2
#42	University of Pennsylvania (Fels) (Philadelphia, PA, US)	3.2
#46	CUNY—Baruch College (New York, NY, US)	3.1
#46	Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, CA, US)	3.1
#46	Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL, US)	3.1
#46	Portland State University (Hatfield) (Portland, OR, US)	3.1
#46	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick (Bloustein) (New Brunswick, NJ, US)	3.1
#46	University of Connecticut (West Hartford, CT, US)	3.1
#46	University of Virginia (Batten) (Charlottesville, VA, US)	3.1
#53	Binghamton University—SUNY (Binghamton, NY, US)	3.0
#53	Brandeis University (Heller) (Waltham, MA, US)	3.0
#53	Brown University (Taubman) (Providence, RI, US)	3.0
#53	Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA, US)	3.0
#53	North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, US)	3.0
#53	Virginia Commonwealth University (Wilder) (Richmond, VA, US)	3.0
#59	Brigham Young University—Provo (Romney) (Provo, UT, US)	2.9
#59	CUNY—John Jay College (New York, NY, US)	2.9
#59	Indiana University-Purdue University—Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN, US)	2.9
#59	Northwestern University (Chicago, IL, US)	2.9
#59	University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL, US)	2.9
#59	University of North Carolina—Charlotte (Charlotte, NC, US)	2.9
#59	University of North Texas (Denton, TX, US)	2.9
#59	University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI, US)	2.9
#67	Florida International University (Miami, FL, US)	2.8
#67	New School (Milano) (New York, NY, US)	2.8
#67	Northeastern University (Boston, MA, US)	2.8
#67	Pennsylvania State University—Harrisburg (Middletown, PA, US)	2.8
#67	University of Maryland—Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD, US)	2.8
#67	University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK, US)	2.8
#73	Auburn University (Auburn, AL, US)	2.7
#73	College of William and Mary (Jefferson) (Williamsburg, VA, US)	2.7
#73	Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge, LA, US)	2.7
#73	Monterey Institute of International Studies (Monterey, CA, US)	2.7
#73	San Diego State University (San Diego, CA, US)	2.7
#73	University of Alabama—Birmingham (Birmingham, AL, US)	2.7
#73	University of Baltimore (Baltimore, MD, US)	2.7
#73	University of Massachusetts—Amherst (Amherst, MA, US)	2.7
#73	University of Missouri—Kansas City (Kansas City, MO, US)	2.7
#73	University of Oregon (Eugene, OR, US)	2.7
#73	University of Texas—Arlington (Arlington, TX, US)	2.7
#73	University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT, US)	2.7
#73	Wichita State University (Wall) (Wichita, KS, US)	2.7
#73	Willamette University (Atkinson) (Salem, OR, US)	2.7
#87	CUNY—City College (New York, NY, US)	2.6
#87	Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA, US)	2.6
#87	San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA, US)	2.6
#87	University of Arkansas (Clinton) (Little Rock, AR, US)	2.6
#87	University of Illinois—Springfield (Springfield, IL, US)	2.6
#87	University of Louisville (Louisville, KY, US)	2.6
#87	University of Massachusetts—Boston (McCormack) (Boston, MA, US)	2.6
#87	University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL, US)	2.6
#87	University of Missouri—St. Louis (St. Louis, MO, US)	2.6
#87	Wayne State University (Detroit, MI, US)	2.6
#97	Auburn University—Montgomery (Montgomery, AL, US)	2.5
#97	California State University—Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA, US)	2.5
#97	Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL, US)	2.5
#97	Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS, US)	2.5
#97	Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS, US)	2.5
#97	University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC, US)	2.5
#97	Villanova University (Villanova, PA, US)	2.5