<p>What schools should i consider that have good Public Policy programs?</p>
<p>Duke University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Syracuse University
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>Most of the universities in the DC area have large public policy programs, including George Washington, American, U Md - College Park. UVa is starting a new undergrad public policy program this year, to add to their masters program.</p>
<p>USC’s School of Public Policy is ranked #7 by U.S. News. Specialty rankings are: City Manager #4; Public Management #5; Nonprofit Management #7; Health Policy #9; Information Management #12; Public Policy Analysis #13, Social Policy #10 and Public Finance #22.</p>
<p>The school received a $50 million dollar gift in November.</p>
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<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Bump10char</p>
<p>According to IPEDS, the following colleges have a public policy major and graduated at least one undergraduate.</p>
<p>124 USC
121 Duke
76 Princeton
64 Cornell
57 Michigan
51 Northwestern
46 UNC Chapel Hill
36 Georgia State
33 Chicago
27 Virginia Tech
22 Brown
22 Stanford
19 Hobart & William Smith
17 Carnegie Mellon
17 William & Mary
16 Washington State
15 Penn
14 Dickinson
14 Georgia Tech
13 Trinity (CT)
12 DePaul
12 SMU
11 Hamilton
9 Pomona
8 St. Mary’s College of Maryland
7 UC Riverside
6 URI
5 Ole Miss
5 Vanderbilt
5 RIT
3 Denver
1 Rice</p>
<p>If you count public administration:</p>
<p>468 Indiana
45 Syracuse
39 Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>
You are either looking at the wrong ranking or an outdated one. USC is ranked #13. </p>
<p>US News Ranking for Master of Public Policy (MPP)</p>
<h1>1 Harvard University</h1>
<h1>2 University of California–Berkeley</h1>
<p>**#3 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor</p>
<h1>4 Carnegie Mellon University (Heinz)</h1>
<h1>5 Duke University</h1>
<h1>6 Princeton University</h1>
<h1>7 University of Chicago</h1>
<h1>8 Syracuse University**</h1>
<h1>9 University of Maryland–College Park</h1>
<h1>10 University of Texas–Austin</h1>
<h1>11 Georgetown University</h1>
<h1>11 University of Wisconsin–Madison</h1>
<p>**#13 Indiana University–Bloomington</p>
<h1>13 Johns Hopkins University</h1>
<h1>13 University of Southern California**</h1>
<h1>16 University of Georgia</h1>
<h1>16 University of Washington</h1>
<p>#18 Georgia State University</p>
<h1>18 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities</h1>
<h1>20 University of California–Los Angeles</h1>
<h1>21 American University</h1>
<h1>22 Columbia University</h1>
<h1>22 University at Albany–SUNY</h1>
<h1>22 University of Kentucky</h1>
<h1>25 New York University</h1>
<h1>25 Texas A&M University–College Station</h1>
<h1>27 Arizona State University</h1>
<h1>27 George Mason University</h1>
<p>#27 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill</p>
<h1>30 George Washington University</h1>
<h1>30 University of Pittsburgh</h1>
<p>#32 Cornell University</p>
<h1>32 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark</h1>
<p>#32 University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>The bolded colleges seem to have the primary undergraduate programs.</p>
<p>Several more of the universities listed above have large undergrad programs, including U. Pitt and American U.</p>
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