Best Graduate Education Policy Programs in US 2018

Ranked in 2017 by US News

More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

RankingsOverall Education School Program Data
RankSchool nameTuitionEnrollment (full-time)Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral studentsAverage GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral studentsDoctoral programs acceptance rate
1

Stanford University

(Stanford, CA)

$47,331 per year (full-time)3391621606.1%
2

Harvard University

(Cambridge, MA)

$45,008 per year (full-time)8661631594.5%
3

Vanderbilt University

(Nashville, TN)

$1,854 per credit (full-time)9021621594.9%
4

University of Wisconsin, Madison

(Madison, WI)

$10,728 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,054 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,08015515326.1%
5

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI)

$21,884 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,222 per year (out-of-state, full-time)52615415215.1%
6

Teachers College, Columbia University

(New York, NY)

$1,512 per credit (full-time)4,89215915611.4%
7

University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA)

$48,304 per year (full-time)1,1061631575%
8

University of California, Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time)67415615229.1%
9

Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI)

$732 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,406 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,63915615237.4%
10

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

(University Park, PA)

$19,964 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,266 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,65615415446.3%
10

University of California, Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time)3031571548.4%
10

University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA)

$15,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,242 per year (out-of-state, full-time)98315915416.4%
10

University of Washington

(Seattle, WA)

$16,989 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,591 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,01915515223.7%
14

New York University

(New York, NY)

$38,304 per year (full-time)1,4311581527.3%
15

University of Southern California

(Los Angeles, CA)

$1,733 per credit (full-time)1,59816115713.2%
16

Arizona State University

(Phoenix, AZ)

$10,810 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,186 per year (out-of-state, full-time)2,77815715020.1%
16

University of Colorado, Boulder

(Boulder, CO)

$10,836 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,656 per year (out-of-state, full-time)35516115417.2%
16

University of Texas, Austin

(Austin, TX)

$8,654 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,828 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,05215515326.5%
19

University of Maryland, College Park

(College Park, MD)

$651 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,404 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)90515915523.9%

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