April 1, 2008

SPPD Ranks Among the Best in U.S. News & World Report

from SPPD Staff Reports

The USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development earned the seventh-place ranking among "America's Best Graduate Schools" for public affairs, according to U.S. News & World Report.

This year's rankings, which were released March 28, compared 269 master's programs across the country. Overall, SPPD finished in the top 3 percent of public affairs schools nationwide.

In addition, SPPD also earned high marks in several academic specialty areas. The school ranked fourth in city management, fifth in public management/administration, fifth in nonprofit management, ninth in health policy and management, and 10th in social policy.

U.S. News & World Report released its first public affairs ratings in 1998, and has issued three sets of rankings since then (in 2001, 2004 and 2008). Each time, SPPD placed in the top 10 of the prestigious list.