SPECIALITIES
The institutions below received the greatest number of nominations from survey respondents for their excellence in a given specialty.*
CITY MANAGEMENT & URBAN POLICY #1 #2 #2 #2 #5
University of Kansas Arizona State University Cleveland State University (Levin) New York University (Wagner) Northern Illinois University
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & MANAGEMENT #1 Indiana University - Bloomington #2 #3 #3 #3
2013 RANKINGS: THE TOP SCHOOLS
The rankings, completed in 2012, are based on a survey of deans, directors, and department chairs representing 266 master’s programs. #1 Syracuse University (Maxwell)
#2 Indiana University - Bloomington
#3 Harvard University (Kennedy) #4 University of Georgia #5 #6 #6 #6 #9 #9 #9 #12 #12 #12 #12 #16 #16 #16 #16 #16 #16 #16 #23 #23 #23 #23 #23 #23 #29 #29 #29 #29 #33 #33 #33 #33 #37 #37 #37 #37 #37
Princeton University (Wilson) New York University (Wagner) University of California - Berkeley (Goldman) University of Southern California (Price) Carnegie Mellon University (Heinz) University of Kansas University of Washington (Evans) American University George Washington University (Trachtenberg) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Ford) University of Wisconsin - Madison (La Follette) Arizona State University Duke University (Sanford) Florida State University (Askew) University at Albany - SUNY (Rockefeller) University of Kentucky (Martin) University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (Humphrey) University of Texas - Austin (LBJ) Georgetown University Georgia State University (Young) Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey - Newark University of California - Los Angeles (Luskin) University of Chicago (Harris) University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Columbia University Ohio State University (Glenn) University of Colorado - Denver University of Maryland - College Park Texas A&M University - College Station (Bush) University of Missouri (Truman) University of Nebraska - Omaha University of Pittsburgh Cornell University University of Arizona University of Delaware University of Illinois - Chicago Virginia Tech
Duke University (Sanford) Columbia University University of California - Berkeley (Goldman) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Ford)
HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT #1 #2 #3 #4 #4
Harvard University (Kennedy) Johns Hopkins University University of California - Berkeley (Goldman) Princeton University (Wilson) University of Southern California (Price)
INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Carnegie Mellon University (Heinz) Syracuse University (Maxwell) University at Albany - SUNY (Rockefeller) Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey - Newark Georgia Institute of Technology
#6 Indiana University - Bloomington
NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
#1 Indiana University - Bloomington #2 #3 #3 #5
Syracuse University (Maxwell) University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (Humphrey) University of Washington (Evans) New York University (Wagner)
#6 Indiana University-Purdue University - Indianapolis
PUBLIC FINANCE & BUDGETING #1 Syracuse University (Maxwell) #2 University of Kentucky (Martin)
#3 Indiana University - Bloomington #4 Georgia State University (Young) #5 University of Georgia
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION #1 Syracuse University (Maxwell) #2 University of Georgia
#3 Indiana University - Bloomington #4 Harvard University (Kennedy) #5 University of Kansas
PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
University of California - Berkeley (Goldman) Harvard University (Kennedy) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Ford) University of Chicago (Harris) Princeton University (Wilson) Duke University (Sanford) Carnegie Mellon University (Heinz) Syracuse University (Maxwell)
#9 Indiana University - Bloomington #10 University of Wisconsin--Madison (La Follette)
SOCIAL POLICY #1 #1 #3 #4 #5
Harvard University (Kennedy) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Ford) University of Wisconsin - Madison (La Follette) University of Chicago (Harris) Princeton University (Wilson)
*Keep in mind that nominees were drawn only from the schools surveyed.