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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
#37	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	3.3
#37	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	3.3
#37	University of Delaware Newark, DE	3.3
#37	University of Illinois–Chicago Chicago, IL	3.3
#37	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	3.3
#33	Texas A&M University–College Station (Bush) College Station, TX	3.4
#33	University of Missouri (Truman) Columbia, MO	3.4
#33	University of Nebraska–Omaha Omaha, NE	3.4
#33	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	3.4
#29	Columbia University New York, NY	3.5
#29	Ohio State University (Glenn) Columbus, OH	3.5
#29	University of Colorado–Denver Denver, CO	3.5
#29	University of Maryland–College Park College Park, MD	3.5
#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
#23	University of California–Los Angeles (Luskin) Los Angeles, CA	3.6
#23	University of Chicago (Harris) Chicago, IL	3.6
#23	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	3.6
#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

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