Education policy
Ranked in 2013, part of Best Education Schools
Education policy programs examine educational theory, research, and leadership principles in K-12 schools as well as colleges and universities. These are the top schools for programs in education policy.
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Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students
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Doctoral programs acceptance rate
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Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands)
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Peer assessment score (out of 5)
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Student-faculty ratio
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Superintendent assessment score (out of 5)
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Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions)
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| #7 |
University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 344 | |||||||||
| #9 |
University of California–Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,102 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 795 | |||||||||
| #4 |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI |
$11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,010 | |||||||||
| #10 |
University of Virginia (Curry)
Charlottesville, VA |
$13,278 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,602 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 949 | |||||||||
| #11 |
Pennsylvania State University–University Park
University Park, PA |
$17,670 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,374 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,138 | |||||||||
| #11 |
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI |
$630 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,206 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,051 | |||||||||
| #6 |
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
$19,616 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,666 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 473 | |||||||||
| #2 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
$38,480 per year (full-time) | 945 | |||||||||
| #5 |
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, NY |
$1,286 per credit (full-time) | 5,034 | |||||||||
| #1 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
$41,250 per year (full-time) | 380 | |||||||||
| #8 |
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$42,224 per year (full-time) | 1,222 | |||||||||
| #3 |
Vanderbilt University (Peabody)
Nashville, TN |
$1,712 per credit (full-time) | 808 | |||||||||
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