A program that focuses on the systematic analysis of public policy issues and decision processes. Includes instruction in the role of economic and political factors in public decision-making and policy formulation, microeconomic analysis of policy issues, resource allocation and decision modeling, cost/benefit analysis, statistical methods, and applications to specific public policy topics.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Â鶹Íø of Chicago | 274 | 6% | $78,555 |
| 2 | Duke Â鶹Íø | 244 | 5% | $74,339 |
| 3 | Harvard Â鶹Íø | 225 | 3% | $71,650 |
| 4 | Princeton Â鶹Íø | 211 | 11% | $70,900 |
| 5 | Â鶹Íø of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 184 | 1% | $30,298 |
| 6 | Georgetown Â鶹Íø | 173 | 3% | $73,840 |
| 7 | Â鶹Íø of Virginia-Main Campus | 156 | 2% | $33,493 |
| 8 | Liberty Â鶹Íø | 134 | 1% | $40,075 |
| 9 | Â鶹Íø of Maryland-College Park | 134 | 1% | $27,146 |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon Â鶹Íø | 125 | 3% | $72,283 |
| 11 | Â鶹Íø of California-Berkeley | 122 | 1% | $38,066 |
| 12 | The Â鶹Íø of Texas at Austin | 110 | 1% | $26,506 |
| 13 | Arizona State Â鶹Íø-Downtown Phoenix | 108 | 3% | $29,984 |
| 14 | George Mason Â鶹Íø | 97 | 1% | $30,284 |
| 15 | Â鶹Íø of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 93 | 1% | $23,811 |
| 16 | Â鶹Íø of Southern California | 83 | 1% | $74,825 |
| 17 | Brown Â鶹Íø | 81 | 3% | $73,802 |
| 18 | SUNY Empire State College | 80 | 2% | $8,933 |
| 19 | Â鶹Íø of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 78 | 1% | $27,898 |
| 20 | Â鶹Íø of California-Riverside | 77 | 1% | $35,242 |
| 21 | George Washington Â鶹Íø | 67 | 1% | $71,930 |
| 22 | Cornell Â鶹Íø | 65 | 1% | $73,904 |
| 23 | College of William and Mary | 61 | 3% | $39,221 |
| 24 | Rutgers Â鶹Íø-New Brunswick | 58 | 0% | $32,443 |
| 25 | 57 | 1% | $26,014 | |
| 26 | Â鶹Íø of Mississippi | 52 | 1% | $25,436 |
| 27 | Â鶹Íø of California-Los Angeles | 51 | 0% | $34,620 |
| 28 | The Â鶹Íø of Texas at Dallas | 43 | 1% | $29,286 |
| 29 | Â鶹Íø of Massachusetts-Amherst | 42 | 1% | $30,913 |
| 30 | Trinity College | 41 | 7% | $74,160 |
| 31 | Â鶹Íø of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40 | 2% | $30,275 |
| 32 | American Â鶹Íø | 39 | 1% | $66,268 |
| 33 | Â鶹Íø of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 39 | 0% | $33,503 |
| 34 | Â鶹Íø of Rhode Island | 37 | 1% | $30,351 |
| 35 | Â鶹Íø of Wisconsin-Madison | 35 | 0% | $26,025 |
| 36 | Brandeis Â鶹Íø | 35 | 2% | $73,335 |
| 37 | 33 | 0% | $28,862 | |
| 38 | 33 | 1% | $26,734 | |
| 39 | Stanford Â鶹Íø | 33 | 1% | $71,587 |
| 40 | Arizona State Â鶹Íø-Skysong | 33 | 0% | $27,521 |
| 41 | Northwestern Â鶹Íø | 30 | 0% | $74,649 |
| 42 | Â鶹Íø of Southern Maine | 29 | 2% | $22,968 |
| 43 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 27 | 0% | $28,776 |
| 44 | 24 | 0% | $27,484 | |
| 45 | Johns Hopkins Â鶹Íø | 24 | 0% | $71,901 |
| 46 | Regent Â鶹Íø | 24 | 1% | $29,763 |
| 47 | Â鶹Íø of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 22 | 1% | $33,750 |
| 48 | Pepperdine Â鶹Íø | 22 | 1% | $73,002 |
| 49 | 21 | 0% | $26,091 | |
| 50 | Vanderbilt Â鶹Íø | 21 | 1% | $70,146 |
| 51 | 20 | 0% | $27,367 | |
| 52 | Pardee RAND Graduate School | 20 | 100% | N/A |
| 53 | Â鶹Íø of California-San Diego | 19 | 0% | $32,838 |
| 54 | Pomona College | 18 | 4% | $71,996 |
| 55 | Dickinson College | 18 | 3% | $71,339 |
| 56 | Â鶹Íø of California-Irvine | 18 | 0% | $34,261 |
| 57 | DePaul Â鶹Íø | 17 | 0% | $57,678 |
| 58 | The Â鶹Íø of Tennessee-Knoxville | 17 | 0% | $31,510 |
| 59 | Â鶹Íø of Connecticut | 16 | 0% | $32,404 |
| 60 | Â鶹Íø of Delaware | 16 | 0% | $29,342 |
| 61 | Saint Peter's Â鶹Íø | 15 | 2% | $55,200 |
| 62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Â鶹Íø | 14 | 0% | $26,834 |
| 63 | Â鶹Íø of Denver | 14 | 0% | $67,656 |
| 64 | Â鶹Íø of Kentucky | 14 | 0% | $30,101 |
| 65 | Southern Methodist Â鶹Íø | 14 | 0% | $74,737 |
| 66 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 14 | 0% | $57,401 |
| 67 | Walden Â鶹Íø | 14 | 0% | $13,020 |
| 68 | Â鶹Íø of Maryland-Baltimore County | 13 | 0% | $28,058 |
| 69 | Â鶹Íø of Redlands | 13 | 1% | $68,922 |
| 70 | 12 | 0% | $26,085 | |
| 71 | Tufts Â鶹Íø | 12 | 0% | $73,500 |
| 72 | 11 | 0% | $26,892 | |
| 73 | Mills College | 11 | 2% | $47,784 |
| 74 | Â鶹Íø of Washington-Bothell Campus | 11 | 1% | $27,704 |
| 75 | Â鶹Íø of Houston | 10 | 0% | $23,225 |
| 76 | Monmouth Â鶹Íø | 10 | 1% | $56,979 |
| 77 | National Louis Â鶹Íø | 10 | 1% | $31,050 |
| 78 | Â鶹Íø of Northern Iowa | 10 | 0% | $20,934 |
| 79 | Central Washington Â鶹Íø | 10 | 0% | $23,201 |
| 80 | California Â鶹Íø of Pennsylvania | 9 | 0% | $26,644 |
| 81 | Temple Â鶹Íø | 9 | 0% | $33,004 |
| 82 | Hamilton College | 9 | 2% | $69,990 |
| 83 | Â鶹Íø of Utah | 9 | 0% | $24,472 |
| 84 | Iowa State Â鶹Íø | 8 | 0% | $21,186 |
| 85 | Washington Â鶹Íø in St Louis | 8 | 0% | $74,361 |
| 86 | Â鶹Íø of Pennsylvania | 8 | 0% | $74,408 |
| 87 | Elon Â鶹Íø | 8 | 1% | $51,049 |
| 88 | Â鶹Íø of Massachusetts-Boston | 8 | 0% | $36,647 |
| 89 | Marshall Â鶹Íø | 7 | 0% | $21,969 |
| 90 | Â鶹Íø of St Thomas | 7 | 0% | $56,664 |
| 91 | Loyola Â鶹Íø Chicago | 7 | 0% | $61,328 |
| 92 | 6 | 0% | $22,998 | |
| 93 | Bentley Â鶹Íø | 6 | 0% | $68,710 |
| 94 | California Polytechnic State Â鶹Íø-San Luis Obispo | 6 | 0% | $28,302 |
| 95 | Adler Â鶹Íø | 6 | 2% | N/A |
| 96 | Drexel Â鶹Íø | 5 | 0% | $70,223 |
| 97 | Elizabethtown College | 5 | 1% | $60,460 |
| 98 | Â鶹Íø of Illinois at Chicago | 5 | 0% | $30,866 |
| 99 | The Â鶹Íø of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 5 | 0% | $20,471 |
| 100 | The Â鶹Íø of Texas at Arlington | 5 | 0% | $26,660 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Public Policy Analysis, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.