Best Universities for Public Policy / Administration in North America

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in the United States

#2 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Receiving Aid: 60%
Average Aid: $21,669
Enrollment: 45,307

2. Stanford University

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in the United States

#4 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $18,279

3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Public Policy / Administration

#3 in the United States

#5 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 74%

4. Harvard University

For Public Policy / Administration

#4 in the United States

#6 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $19,491

5. University of Toronto

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Canada

#7 in the World

Enrollment: 27,651
Founded: 1827

6. Yale University

United States | Connecticut

For Public Policy / Administration

#5 in the United States

#11 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $18,647

7. Columbia University

For Public Policy / Administration

#6 in the United States

#13 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,058

8. University of South Carolina - Columbia

United States | South Carolina

For Public Policy / Administration

#7 in the United States

#14 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 98%

9. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Public Policy / Administration

#8 in the United States

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 59%

10. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Public Policy / Administration

#9 in the United States

#16 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $14,731
Enrollment: 52,319

11. University of Chicago

For Public Policy / Administration

#10 in the United States

#17 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $36,991

12. Johns Hopkins University

United States | Maryland

For Public Policy / Administration

#11 in the United States

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $24,034

13. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Public Policy / Administration

#12 in the United States

#19 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 58%

14. Washington University in St Louis

United States | Missouri

For Public Policy / Administration

#13 in the United States

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $23,432

15. Cornell University

For Public Policy / Administration

#14 in the United States

#21 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,060

16. Ohio State University

United States | Ohio

For Public Policy / Administration

#15 in the United States

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 83%

17. University of California - Los Angeles

For Public Policy / Administration

#16 in the United States

#24 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Receiving Aid: 57%
Average Aid: $21,766
Enrollment: 46,430

18. New York University

For Public Policy / Administration

#17 in the United States

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $29,499

19. Arizona State University - Tempe

United States | Arizona

For Public Policy / Administration

#18 in the United States

#26 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $12,381
Enrollment: 80,065

20. University of Pennsylvania

For Public Policy / Administration

#19 in the United States

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,123

21. University of Southern California

United States | District of Columbia

For Public Policy / Administration

#20 in the United States

#31 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $36,808

22. George Washington University

For Public Policy / Administration

#21 in the United States

#32 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $42,723

23. Medical University of South Carolina

United States | South Carolina

For Public Policy / Administration

#22 in the United States

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 3,175
Male:Female: 29:71
Founded: 1824

24. Michigan State University

United States | Michigan

For Public Policy / Administration

#23 in the United States

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 94%

25. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in Canada

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 20,893
Founded: 1908

26. Pennsylvania State University

For Public Policy / Administration

#24 in the United States

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1300
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 68%

27. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Public Policy / Administration

#25 in the United States

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 82%

28. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

United States | New Jersey

For Public Policy / Administration

#26 in the United States

#42 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 70%

29. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Public Policy / Administration

#27 in the United States

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 80%

30. University of Pittsburgh

For Public Policy / Administration

#28 in the United States

#46 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 87%

31. George Mason University

United States | Virginia

For Public Policy / Administration

#29 in the United States

#47 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 80%

32. Duke University

United States | District of Columbia

For Public Policy / Administration

#30 in the United States

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $23,694

33. Georgetown University

For Public Policy / Administration

#31 in the United States

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $35,566

34. Indiana University - Bloomington

United States | Indiana

For Public Policy / Administration

#32 in the United States

#54 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 83%

35. University of California-San Diego

For Public Policy / Administration

#33 in the United States

#55 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $20,782
Enrollment: 42,006

36. University of Maryland - College Park

United States | Maryland

For Public Policy / Administration

#34 in the United States

#57 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 63%

37. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Public Policy / Administration

#35 in the United States

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 98%

38. University of Virginia

United States | Virginia

For Public Policy / Administration

#36 in the United States

#61 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 54%

39. University of Ottawa

For Public Policy / Administration

#3 in Canada

#62 in the World

Enrollment: 42,027
Founded: 1848

40. University of Florida

United States | Florida

For Public Policy / Administration

#37 in the United States

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 94%

41. Florida State University

United States | Florida

For Public Policy / Administration

#38 in the United States

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 93%

42. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Public Policy / Administration

#39 in the United States

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1555
Average ACT: 36
Net Price: $20,232

43. Syracuse University

United States | District of Columbia

For Public Policy / Administration

#40 in the United States

#70 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $43,651

44. Princeton University

United States | New Jersey

For Public Policy / Administration

#41 in the United States

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $18,698

45. American University in Washington

For Public Policy / Administration

#42 in the United States

#72 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $41,369

46. University of Texas at Austin

United States | Texas

For Public Policy / Administration

#43 in the United States

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 89%

47. Georgia State University

United States | Georgia

For Public Policy / Administration

#44 in the United States

#76 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 95%

48. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Public Policy / Administration

#45 in the United States

#77 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 64%

49. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Public Policy / Administration

#46 in the United States

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 81%

50. University of California - Davis

For Public Policy / Administration

#47 in the United States

#80 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Receiving Aid: 63%
Average Aid: $20,548
Enrollment: 39,679

51. McGill University

Canada | Quebec State

For Public Policy / Administration

#4 in Canada

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 37,888
Founded: 1821

52. Simon Fraser University

Canada | British Columbia

For Public Policy / Administration

#5 in Canada

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1965

53. Texas A&M University - College Station

United States | Texas

For Public Policy / Administration

#48 in the United States

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 74%

54. Vanderbilt University

United States | Tennessee

For Public Policy / Administration

#49 in the United States

#89 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $25,606

55. University of Georgia

United States | Georgia

For Public Policy / Administration

#50 in the United States

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1320
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 94%

56. York University

For Public Policy / Administration

#6 in Canada

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 53,000
Founded: 1959

57. SUNY at Albany

For Public Policy / Administration

#51 in the United States

#93 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 97%

58. Boston University

For Public Policy / Administration

#52 in the United States

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,829

59. University of Alberta

Canada | Alberta

For Public Policy / Administration

#7 in Canada

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 31,185
Founded: 1908

60. University of California - Irvine

For Public Policy / Administration

#53 in the United States

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $17,411
Enrollment: 35,937

61. Emory University

United States | Georgia

For Public Policy / Administration

#54 in the United States

#103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $26,680

62. University of Kansas

United States | Kansas State

For Public Policy / Administration

#55 in the United States

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 91%

63. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Public Policy / Administration

#56 in the United States

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 96%

64. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

United States | Virginia

For Public Policy / Administration

#57 in the United States

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 71%

65. Northwestern University

For Public Policy / Administration

#58 in the United States

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,095

66. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

United States | Colorado

For Public Policy / Administration

#59 in the United States

#112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1145
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 94%

67. Iowa State University

United States | Iowa State

For Public Policy / Administration

#60 in the United States

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 89%

68. University of South Florida

United States | Florida

For Public Policy / Administration

#61 in the United States

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 90%

69. University of Iowa

United States | Iowa State

For Public Policy / Administration

#62 in the United States

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 91%

70. McMaster University

For Public Policy / Administration

#8 in Canada

#120 in the World

Enrollment: 27,965
Founded: 1887

71. University of Missouri - Columbia

United States | Missouri

For Public Policy / Administration

#63 in the United States

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 91%

72. Queen's University

For Public Policy / Administration

#9 in Canada

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 30,386
Founded: 1841

73. University of California - San Francisco

For Public Policy / Administration

#64 in the United States

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 3,140
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1864

74. University of Notre Dame

United States | Indiana

For Public Policy / Administration

#65 in the United States

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $28,474

75. Boston College

For Public Policy / Administration

#66 in the United States

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1488
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,559

76. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Public Policy / Administration

#67 in the United States

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 99%

77. University of Calgary

Canada | Alberta

For Public Policy / Administration

#10 in Canada

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1966

78. University of Montreal

Canada | Quebec State

For Public Policy / Administration

#11 in Canada

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 66,972
Founded: 1878

79. Carleton University

For Public Policy / Administration

#12 in Canada

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 9,109
Founded: 1942

80. University of Massachusetts - Boston

For Public Policy / Administration

#68 in the United States

#144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 99%

81. East Carolina University

For Public Policy / Administration

#69 in the United States

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $9,020
Enrollment: 27,151

82. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

United States | Wisconsin

For Public Policy / Administration

#70 in the United States

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 85%
Average Aid: $5,963

83. University of Oklahoma - Norman

United States | Oklahoma State

For Public Policy / Administration

#71 in the United States

#149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 99%

84. University of Colorado Boulder

United States | Colorado

For Public Policy / Administration

#72 in the United States

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 68%

85. University of Cincinnati

United States | Ohio

For Public Policy / Administration

#73 in the United States

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 84%

86. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

United States | Indiana

For Public Policy / Administration

#74 in the United States

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 91%

87. University of Houston

United States | Texas

For Public Policy / Administration

#75 in the United States

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 83%

88. Case Western Reserve University

United States | Ohio

For Public Policy / Administration

#76 in the United States

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $38,279

89. Dartmouth College

United States | New Hampshire

For Public Policy / Administration

#77 in the United States

#166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $19,208

90. Western University

For Public Policy / Administration

#13 in Canada

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 21,836
Founded: 1878

91. Temple University

For Public Policy / Administration

#78 in the United States

#177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $11,575
Enrollment: 33,196

92. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Public Policy / Administration

#79 in the United States

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 91%

93. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

United States | Tennessee

For Public Policy / Administration

#80 in the United States

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 91%

94. Tufts University

For Public Policy / Administration

#81 in the United States

#185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,479

95. Clemson University

United States | South Carolina

For Public Policy / Administration

#82 in the United States

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 85%

96. Loyola University Chicago

For Public Policy / Administration

#83 in the United States

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $37,511

97. Brigham Young University - Provo

United States | Utah

For Public Policy / Administration

#84 in the United States

#195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1374
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $13,521

98. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

For Public Policy / Administration

#85 in the United States

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 75%

99. University at Buffalo

For Public Policy / Administration

#86 in the United States

#199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 86%

100. University of Rochester