- The program is ranked #2 in public affairs in the U.S by U.S News & World Report 2018.
- The program trains students with a broad range of policy interests for a wide set of jobs--providing a toolbox of research, analytical, and management skills that are highly transferable across sectors and issue areas.
- Core courses of the Master of Public Policy (MPP) develop a foundation of skills, knowledge, and concepts in economics, statistics, political analysis, ethics, and public management.
- All students receive serious quantitative training in data analysis and program evaluation, moving as a cohort through a carefully sequenced set of courses.
- Students have tremendous flexibility in choosing from advanced classes in social policy, international trade, education, national security, human rights, politics, and more.