best public policy school

College Search & Selection
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<p>what are the best schools for someone looking to major in public policy.</p>

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<p>Berkeley
Harvard University
University of Michigan
Georgetown University
Syracuse University
Princeton University
George Washington University<br>
Duke University<br>
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
U Georgia
NYU</p>

<p>There's a lot of great programs, the above are the ones that I first think of.</p>

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<p>Top 20, per USNWR:</p>

<p>1 Syracuse
2 Harvard
3 (tie) Georgia, Indiana
5 (tie) Berkeley, Princeton
7 USC
8 (tie) Carnegie Mellon, Michigan
10 (tie) American, Duke, George Washington, Kansas, UNC, UT-Austin, SUNY-Albany
17 (tie) Chicago, Georgetown, NYU, Wisconsin</p>

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<p>Yale also has a very good Administrative Law & Public Policy program.</p>

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<p>where can i find the usnwr rankings, i didn't know they ranked schools for public policy</p>

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<p>You won't find an undergrad ranking, as most programs are traditionally graduate. The rankings above are from the USNWR graduate program rankings (and I believe the last update was 2004.)</p>

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<p>You could try social policy at Northwestern...</p>

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<p>but then don't you have to take courses in education as well?</p>

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<p>Not really.... your coursework focuses on policy that affects 'social' organization; while education organizations would be a part of your study, I'm pretty sure you don't have to take courses in education. You can go to the website to be sure:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/ugrad/conc/sp/curriculum/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/ugrad/conc/sp/curriculum/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>If that doesn't interest you, you may want to try American politics... and do PP in grad school. I know Syracuse has an undergrad public affairs degree, and claims to be the best public policy school...</p>

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<p>Michigan also has a new program that offers a B.A. in PP. </p>

<p><a href="http://fordschool.umich.edu/curriculum/ba.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://fordschool.umich.edu/curriculum/ba.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I've heard good things about the program at Occidental.</p>

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<p>There's no undergraduate program better than the one at Indiana.</p>

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<p>USC's School of Policy, Planning, and Development (SPPD) offers a Bachelor's of Science in Public Policy, Management, and Planning.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/programs/undergraduate/bs/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/programs/undergraduate/bs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Syracuse is known for its public policy program, but the way I see it, it simply isn't worth going to Syracuse over other top schools even if you intend to study public policy program. I'd recommend Cal or CMU.</p>