Best Schools for Public Policy Analysis

1yr Earnings: $50,510

Graduates: 48

Acceptance: 4.5%

Duke University

Durham, NC · Private

$60,106

1yr Earnings: $51,435

Graduates: 116

Acceptance: 6.8%

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private

$57,318

1yr Earnings: $65,965

Graduates: 49

Acceptance: 8.2%

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · Private

$57,318

1yr Earnings: $31,717

Graduates: 20

Acceptance: 6.3%

Rice University

Houston, TX · Private

$55,512

Acceptance: 7.9%

Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA · Private

$55,338

1yr Earnings: $50,129

Graduates: 17

Acceptance: 43.1%

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL · Private

$52,663

1yr Earnings: $51,165

Graduates: 90

Acceptance: 4.8%

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY · Private

$50,856

Acceptance: 11.8%

Trinity College

Hartford, CT · Private

$47,260

1yr Earnings: $50,564

Graduates: 25

Acceptance: 33.5%

#10

Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, CA · Private

$46,478

1yr Earnings: $37,690

Graduates: 17

Acceptance: 68.7%

#11

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX · Private

$45,852

1yr Earnings: $26,063

Graduates: 20

Acceptance: 61.2%

#12

Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY · Private

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

$44,384

1yr Earnings: $44,429

Graduates: 55

Acceptance: 17.9%

#14

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA · Public

Washington State University

Pullman, WA · Public

$42,682

1yr Earnings: $39,057

Graduates: 18

Acceptance: 85.4%

#16

St. Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD · Public

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA · Public

$39,153

1yr Earnings: $37,566

Graduates: 27

Acceptance: 32.7%

#18

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · Private

$39,009

1yr Earnings: $40,701

Graduates: 23

Acceptance: 7.1%

#19

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI · Public

$39,009

1yr Earnings: $34,123

Graduates: 16

Acceptance: 83.9%

#20

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · Public

$38,289

1yr Earnings: $39,751

Graduates: 157

Acceptance: 18.7%

#21

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI · Public

$36,668

1yr Earnings: $22,911

Graduates: 32

Acceptance: 77.1%

#22

Arizona State University Campus Immersion

Tempe, AZ · Public

$36,560

1yr Earnings: $37,079

Graduates: 89

Acceptance: 90.2%

#23

Arizona State University Digital Immersion

Scottsdale, AZ · Public

$36,560

1yr Earnings: $37,079

Graduates: 89

Acceptance: 64.1%

#24

University of Mississippi

University, MS · Public

Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA · Public

$33,138

1yr Earnings: $34,007

Graduates: 67

Acceptance: 62.3%

#26

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA · Private

$33,138

1yr Earnings: $40,376

Graduates: 93

Acceptance: 35.3%

#27

Pomona College

Claremont, CA · Private

University of California-Riverside

Riverside, CA · Public

$27,181

1yr Earnings: $28,053

Graduates: 37

Acceptance: 63.3%

#29

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX · Public

$24,421

1yr Earnings: $41,618

Graduates: 16

Acceptance: 65.5%

#30

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA · Private

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT · Public

Acceptance: 53.9%

#32

University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus

Waterbury, CT · Public

Acceptance: 87.0%

#33

University of Connecticut-Avery Point

Groton, CT · Public

Acceptance: 86.5%

#34

University of Connecticut-Stamford

Stamford, CT · Public

Acceptance: 80.2%

#35

University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus

Hartford, CT · Public