<p>What schools have the strongest public policy programs that offer substantial internship opportunities?
I am currently considering Dartmouth"s Rockefeller center, brown's taubman center, and for their public policy programs.
I know that duke and Michigan also have good public policy but could someone please elaborate?
Thanks</p>
<p>American University would be a good school for public policy.</p>
<p>For undergrads programs you want to look at Georgetown, Duke, Michigan and USC.</p>
<p>I went to USC Price and it is a very good program.</p>
<p>I can’t say enough about how incredible Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy is. Not only will the major teach you to be a more concise and effective writer which is key in careers like public policy and journalism but it also has excellent advising which sets up Duke Pub Pol majors with internships with federal agencies and media organizations in DC and NYC. In fact, you are required to complete an internship in an area of interest as part of the major’s curriculum. You"ll have access to a great career exploration database to help you find this summer opportunity as well as an adviser to help you.</p>
<p>Duke Public Policy graduates go everywhere after graduation: law school, medical school, think tanks, federal agencies, media outlets, consulting firms, investment banks, etc.</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Program - Sanford School of Public Policy](<a href=“http://www.sanford.duke.edu/undergraduate/]Undergraduate”>http://www.sanford.duke.edu/undergraduate/)
[Undergraduate</a> Program - Sanford School of Public Policy - Undergraduate Major Requirements](<a href=“http://www.sanford.duke.edu/undergraduate/curriculum/]Undergraduate”>http://www.sanford.duke.edu/undergraduate/curriculum/)
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<p>Most Public Affairs programs offer only graduate degrees. That includes Carnegie Mellon, George Washington, Georgetown, Harvard, Sracuse etc… </p>
<p>There, however, several excellent undergraduate programs in Public Policy. </p>
<p>Duke University
alread provided </p>
<p>Indiana University-Bloomington
[Undergraduate</a> Students | SPEA - School of Public and Environmental Affairs | Indiana University Bloomington](<a href=“Indiana University Bloomington”>Indiana University Bloomington)</p>
<p>University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
[Bachelor</a> of Arts in Public Policy | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy](<a href=“http://fordschool.umich.edu/curriculum/ba/index.php]Bachelor”>http://fordschool.umich.edu/curriculum/ba/index.php)</p>
<p>University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
[Undergraduate</a> Program ? Department of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina](<a href=“http://publicpolicy.unc.edu/undergraduates]Undergraduate”>http://publicpolicy.unc.edu/undergraduates)</p>
<p>University of Southern California
[Undergraduate</a> Program - Bachelor of Science BS in Policy, Planning, and Development - USC Price School of Public Policy](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/schools/price/programs/undergraduate/]Undergraduate”>http://www.usc.edu/schools/price/programs/undergraduate/)</p>
<p>UVa a few years ago received a $100 million gift to start the new Batten School of Public Policy and Leadership. They started out with a Masters and a 5 year Bachelors/Masters. Now they have added a 4 year Bachelors. It is very interdisciplinary, with profs brought in from other departments and the law school, as well as several newly hired profs. They extensively renovated a 150 year old building near The Lawn for the program.</p>
<p>The largest public policy programs with the most internship opportunities, of course, are near DC - American, George Mason, GWU, U. Md. College Park, etc. If you want to do internships during the school year, it is helpful to be along a Metro line. </p>
<p>Many universities and/or branch campuses near state capitols also have public policy programs.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a smaller college, you might look at Dickinson College in Carlisle PA.</p>
<p>Indiana has a fantastic Pub Pol program too as Alexandre has mentioned.</p>
<p>I’m studying public policy at Dartmouth. It’s only a minor though, so you’d have to pick something else as a major. That being said, there are plenty of opportunities outside the classroom available through the Rockefeller Center. We have a program called First-Year Fellows where students live in DC the summer after their freshman year and intern for various people and groups. Housing is arranged for you and you get a living stipend. There are also a lot of Dartmouth alums willing to offer opportunities. One guy got an internship with Senator Gillibrand of NY through Rocky and then got his a cappella group (Dartmouth Aires) invited to sing at a White House function.</p>
<p>Echoing what Charlie said above, SPEA at Indiana University is a fantastic program that also has DC exposure through a program where students spend a semester taking classes in DC and interning with the Federal Govt., think tanks like the Center on American Progress and AEI and both houses of Congress. If you have the scores to get into Dartmouth, Brown, and Duke, go for it, but IU would be a great safety option, especially since they would probably provide you with scholarships.</p>