Top 25% Public Policy Schools, as of July 2025

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Top 25% Public Policy Schools, all authors, all publication years

All institutions in this category.

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	1.2	88	45.89
2	Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace Stanford, California (USA)	2.99	19	12.12
3	School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University New York City, New York (USA)	3.86	34	22.45
4	Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois (USA)	4.18	33	29.03
5	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) Berlin, Germany	4.38	140	97.92
6	Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Canberra, Australia	5.19	184	105.72
7	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	5.62	77	69.08
8	Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University Ithaca, New York (USA)	10.66	21	15.49
9	Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University Stanford, California (USA)	10.69	22	10.09
10	National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Tokyo, Japan	12.2	40	34.01
11	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) Nürnberg, Germany	12.73	70	55.52
12	Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences économiques, Sciences Po Paris, France	13.24	52	30.39
13	Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California (USA)	13.42	7	4.68
14	McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	14.04	19	13.72
15	H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)	14.71	23	20.2
16	Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia (USA)	17.41	21	17.39
17	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, CEPS/INSTEAD) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	18.77	46	36.16
18	Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)	19.59	14	9.21
19	ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) London, United Kingdom	19.99	33	12.13
20	Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University Arlington, Virginia (USA)	20.39	18	15.13
21	School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California-San Diego (UCSD) La Jolla, California (USA)	20.41	11	8.3
22	Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois (USA)	20.51	5	2.74
23	Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University Durham, North Carolina (USA)	22.26	14	12.98
24	Centre of Policy Studies and Impact Project (COPS), Victoria University Melbourne, Australia	24.87	31	28.06
25	International Center for Public Policy, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	25.56	20	12.98
26	Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana (USA)	25.63	15	14.27
27	Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey (USA)	27.94	2	0.84
28	Experimental Economics Center, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	28.07	6	4.34
29	Équipe de Recherche sur l'Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Économique (ERUDITE), Université Paris-Est Créteil, France	28.69	60	47.8
30	Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, California (USA)	29.32	6	4.57
31	Department of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Questrom School of Business, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	30.11	9	7.81
32	Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin (USA)	31.17	8	5.98
33	Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	31.79	13	7.29
34	Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR), Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom	35.44	20	15.74
35	Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University Osaka, Japan	36.9	21	19.43
36	School of Public Policy, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland (USA)	38.26	8	6.97
37	Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California (USA)	38.84	19	10.4
38	School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University Phoenix, Arizona (USA)	39.82	2	2
39	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Social- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Graz, Austria	39.95	11	10.5
40	Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	42	17	12.61
41	Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)	42.3	10	7.71
42	TEPP Fédération de Recherche Théorie et Évaluation des Poliques Publiques Noisy le Grand, France	42.45	36	12.07
43	School of Public Policy, University of Calgary Calgary, Canada	42.87	15	13.45
44	School of Public Policy, University of California-Riverside Riverside, California (USA)	43.17	7	6.5
45	Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto Toronto, Canada	43.45	7	4.8
46	Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts (USA)	45.36	3	3
47	Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore, Singapore	47.64	10	10
48	Escola de Políticas Públicas e Governo (EPPG), Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) Brasília, Brazil	47.72	13	11.77
49	Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas (USA)	49.31	6	5.23
50	Escuela de Gobierno, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile	49.51	4	3.5
51	James W. Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky (USA)	49.8	8	6.52
52	Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan	51.81	14	9.44
53	Mathematica Policy Research Princeton, New Jersey (USA)	54.56	16	14.68

The rankings

Top 25% institutions in Public Policy Schools, 10 best authors in each, 10 last publication years

All institutions in this category.

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	1.33	80	41.48
2	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) Berlin, Germany	3.93	121	81.74
3	Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace Stanford, California (USA)	3.98	17	10.62
4	Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois (USA)	4.59	31	27.03
5	School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University New York City, New York (USA)	5.44	30	18.95
6	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	5.66	70	62.58
7	Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Canberra, Australia	6.88	152	80.43
8	Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences économiques, Sciences Po Paris, France	9.23	50	28.39
9	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) Nürnberg, Germany	10.74	63	48.58
10	School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California-San Diego (UCSD) La Jolla, California (USA)	10.99	10	7.3
11	H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)	11.38	22	19.2
12	Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University Ithaca, New York (USA)	12.92	18	12.49
13	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, CEPS/INSTEAD) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	15	43	33.5
14	McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	15.2	15	11.22
15	National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Tokyo, Japan	15.82	35	29.51
16	Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University Stanford, California (USA)	16.75	20	8.59
17	Department of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Questrom School of Business, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	17.72	9	7.81
18	Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois (USA)	20	5	2.74
19	Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)	21.43	9	7.7
20	Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)	23.57	13	8.71
21	Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia (USA)	24.16	18	14.39
22	ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) London, United Kingdom	26.66	30	10.9
23	Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, California (USA)	27.22	4	3.47
24	Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University Durham, North Carolina (USA)	27.98	10	9.5
25	Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University Arlington, Virginia (USA)	28.07	15	12.13
26	School of Public Finance, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam	28.37	4	3
27	Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	28.72	15	11.6
28	Centre of Policy Studies and Impact Project (COPS), Victoria University Melbourne, Australia	30.04	25	23.07
29	Équipe de Recherche sur l'Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Économique (ERUDITE), Université Paris-Est Créteil, France	30.47	52	41.96
30	Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto Toronto, Canada	32.57	6	3.8
31	Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore, Singapore	33.87	10	10
32	Center for Business and Public Policy, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)	34.93	1	0.86
33	Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California (USA)	35.37	7	4.68
34	Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin (USA)	35.4	7	5.97
35	Instytut Badań Strukturalnych Warszawa, Poland	37.74	22	19.75
36	Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California (USA)	37.86	18	9.39
37	Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR), Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom	38.49	14	12.23
38	International Center for Public Policy, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	39.55	18	11.51
39	Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan	40.26	12	7.45
40	Escola de Políticas Públicas e Governo (EPPG), Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) Brasília, Brazil	40.78	12	10.77
41	TEPP Fédération de Recherche Théorie et Évaluation des Poliques Publiques Noisy le Grand, France	42.85	34	11.43
42	Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	42.94	10	5.53
43	Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University Osaka, Japan	43.39	15	13.48
44	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Social- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Graz, Austria	44.21	9	8.5
45	Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)	49.13	5	3.6
46	Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom	50.91	6	4.24
47	School of Public Policy, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland (USA)	53.99	7	5.97
48	Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)	54.27	4	4
49	Mathematica Policy Research Princeton, New Jersey (USA)	54.41	10	9.18
50	Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)	59.51	2	1.5
51	Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas (USA)	59.65	6	5.23
52	SMERU Research Institute Jakarta, Indonesia	60.38	8	8
53	Department of Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia Athens, Georgia (USA)	60.6	3	3

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