Top 25% Public Policy Schools, as of December 2025

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

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Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author shares
1	Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	1.22	88	45.8
2	Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace Stanford, California (USA)	2.63	19	11.42
3	Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois (USA)	3.76	35	31.03
4	School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University New York City, New York (USA)	4.57	33	21.45
5	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) Berlin, Germany	4.6	141	98.97
6	Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Canberra, Australia	5.61	189	106.22
7	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	5.61	78	69.08
8	Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University Stanford, California (USA)	10.54	23	11.09
9	Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University Ithaca, New York (USA)	10.55	21	15.49
10	National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Tokyo, Japan	12.69	40	33.62
11	Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California (USA)	12.75	7	4.68
12	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) Nürnberg, Germany	13.18	72	56.77
13	Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences économiques, Sciences Po Paris, France	13.44	52	30.39
14	H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)	14.03	23	20.2
15	McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	14.09	19	13.72
16	Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia (USA)	17.28	21	17.39
17	ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) London, United Kingdom	18.3	34	12.46
18	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, CEPS/INSTEAD) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	19	47	37.56
19	Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois (USA)	19.53	5	2.74
20	School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California-San Diego (UCSD) La Jolla, California (USA)	20.52	11	8.3
21	Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University Arlington, Virginia (USA)	21.19	18	15.13
22	Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University Durham, North Carolina (USA)	22.06	14	12.98
23	Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)	22.98	13	8.76
24	Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana (USA)	25.57	15	14.27
25	Centre of Policy Studies and Impact Project (COPS), Victoria University Melbourne, Australia	26.96	30	27.56
26	Experimental Economics Center, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	27.33	6	4.34
27	International Center for Public Policy, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	27.72	20	12.78
28	Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey (USA)	27.79	2	0.84
29	Department of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Questrom School of Business, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	28.04	9	8.36
30	Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, California (USA)	29.78	6	4.57
31	Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin (USA)	30.57	8	5.98
32	Équipe de Recherche sur l'Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Économique (ERUDITE), Université Paris-Est Créteil, France	30.9	60	47.7
33	Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	31.61	13	7.29
34	Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University Osaka, Japan	37.42	21	19.43
35	School of Public Policy, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland (USA)	37.44	9	7.47
36	Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California (USA)	38.17	19	10.11
37	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Social- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Graz, Austria	39.37	11	10.5
38	School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University Phoenix, Arizona (USA)	40.14	2	2
39	Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR), Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom	40.68	19	14.74
40	Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto Toronto, Canada	40.94	8	5.8
41	Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)	41.2	10	7.71
42	Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts (USA)	42.62	4	3.9
43	School of Public Policy, University of Calgary Calgary, Canada	42.84	15	13.45
44	School of Public Policy, University of California-Riverside Riverside, California (USA)	43.09	7	6.5
45	TEPP Fédération de Recherche Théorie et Évaluation des Poliques Publiques Noisy le Grand, France	44.04	36	12.07
46	Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	44.04	17	12.61
47	Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore, Singapore	45.54	10	10
48	Escuela de Gobierno, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile	47.07	5	4.5
49	Escola de Políticas Públicas e Governo (EPPG), Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) Brasília, Brazil	48.5	13	11.77
50	Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas (USA)	49.23	6	5.23
51	James W. Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky (USA)	51.1	8	6.52
52	Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan	51.71	14	9.44
53	Indonesia Project, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Canberra, Australia	56.38	6	3.84
54	Department of Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia Athens, Georgia (USA)	56.64	4	3.5
55	Institut für Makroökonomie und Wirtschaftspolitik, Fachbereich Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Hamburg Hamburg, Germany	57.93	5	5

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)	1.35	80	41.39
2	Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace Stanford, California (USA)	3.39	18	10.92
3	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) Berlin, Germany	4.16	122	82.79
4	Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois (USA)	4.65	33	29.03
5	School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University New York City, New York (USA)	5.82	29	17.95
6	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	6.24	71	62.58
7	Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Canberra, Australia	6.95	159	82.43
8	Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences économiques, Sciences Po Paris, France	9.07	50	28.39
9	H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)	10.12	22	19.2
10	School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California-San Diego (UCSD) La Jolla, California (USA)	11.02	10	7.3
11	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) Nürnberg, Germany	11.33	65	49.82
12	Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University Ithaca, New York (USA)	13.31	18	12.49
13	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, CEPS/INSTEAD) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	13.64	44	34.9
14	McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	15.67	15	11.22
15	Department of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Questrom School of Business, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	16.44	9	8.36
16	National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Tokyo, Japan	17.05	36	29.61
17	Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University Stanford, California (USA)	17.46	21	9.59
18	Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois (USA)	20.05	5	2.74
19	Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)	21.9	9	7.7
20	ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) London, United Kingdom	23.78	31	11.24
21	Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia (USA)	24.65	18	14.39
22	Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)	26.14	12	8.26
23	Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, California (USA)	28.19	4	3.47
24	Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University Durham, North Carolina (USA)	28.28	10	9.5
25	Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University Arlington, Virginia (USA)	29.43	15	12.13
26	School of Public Finance, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam	29.47	4	3
27	Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore, Singapore	30.39	10	10
28	Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium	31.22	15	11.6
29	Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto Toronto, Canada	31.26	7	4.8
30	Centre of Policy Studies and Impact Project (COPS), Victoria University Melbourne, Australia	33.15	25	23.07
31	Équipe de Recherche sur l'Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Économique (ERUDITE), Université Paris-Est Créteil, France	33.26	52	41.87
32	Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin (USA)	34.84	7	5.97
33	Economic Analysis & Policy Group (EAP), Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California (USA)	35.7	7	4.68
34	Center for Business and Public Policy, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)	36.58	1	0.86
35	Instytut Badań Strukturalnych Warszawa, Poland	37.64	22	20.34
36	Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California (USA)	38.03	18	9.11
37	Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR), Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom	40.16	14	12.23
38	Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan	40.89	12	7.45
39	Escola de Políticas Públicas e Governo (EPPG), Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) Brasília, Brazil	42.74	12	10.77
40	Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)	43.1	10	5.53
41	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Social- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Graz, Austria	43.17	9	8.5
42	International Center for Public Policy, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia (USA)	44.36	18	11.31
43	Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University Osaka, Japan	44.76	15	13.48
44	TEPP Fédération de Recherche Théorie et Évaluation des Poliques Publiques Noisy le Grand, France	45.62	34	11.43
45	Bennett School for Public Policy, University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom	49.47	6	4.76
46	Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)	51.9	4	2.6
47	School of Public Policy, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland (USA)	54.61	7	5.97
48	Department of Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia Athens, Georgia (USA)	54.89	4	3.5
49	Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)	56.23	4	4
50	Mathematica Policy Research Princeton, New Jersey (USA)	56.8	10	9.18
51	Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)	59.54	2	1.5
52	Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas (USA)	60.92	6	5.23
53	SMERU Research Institute Jakarta, Indonesia	62.26	8	8
54	Escuela de Gobierno, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile	63.82	5	4.5
55	Center for Business and Public Policy, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia (USA)	64.82	2	1.25

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