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Earning your M.P.A. can lead to a career in public service, both domestically and abroad. Curricula often incorporate courses in policy, economics, analysis, and management. These are the top public affairs schools.

Rank	School name	Score
#1	Syracuse University (Maxwell) Syracuse, NY	4.5
#2	Indiana University–Bloomington Bloomington, IN	4.4
#3	Harvard University (Kennedy) Cambridge, MA	4.3
#4	University of Georgia Athens, GA	4.2
#5	Princeton University (Wilson) Princeton, NJ	4.1
#6	New York University (Wagner) New York, NY	4.0
#6	University of California–Berkeley (Goldman) Berkeley, CA	4.0
#6	University of Southern California (Price) Los Angeles, CA	4.0
#9	Carnegie Mellon University (Heinz) Pittsburgh, PA	3.9
#9	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	3.9
#9	University of Washington (Evans) Seattle, WA	3.9
#12	American University Washington, DC	3.8
#12	George Washington University (Trachtenberg) Washington, DC	3.8
#12	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ford) Ann Arbor, MI	3.8
#12	University of Wisconsin–Madison (La Follette) Madison, WI	3.8
#16	Arizona State University Phoenix, AZ	3.7
#16	Duke University (Sanford) Durham, NC	3.7
#16	Florida State University (Askew) Tallahassee, FL	3.7
#16	University at Albany–SUNY (Rockefeller) Albany, NY	3.7
#16	University of Kentucky (Martin) Lexington, KY	3.7
#16	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Humphrey) Minneapolis, MN	3.7
#16	University of Texas–Austin (LBJ) Austin, TX	3.7
#23	Georgetown University Washington, DC	3.6
#23	Georgia State University (Young) Atlanta, GA	3.6
#23	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark Newark, NJ	3.6

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