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Robert M. La Follette
School of Public Affairs
1225 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: 608.262.3581
Fax: 608.265.3233
Last updated:
March 13, 2012
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Rankings
The La Follette School is ranked 12th among 266 public affairs programs in the United States, according to U.S. News and World Report, which last ranked public affairs graduate programs in 2012.
U.S. News and World Report Public Affairs Program Rankings
- Social Policy: 3rd
- Health Policy and Management: 9th
- Public Policy Analysis: 10th
- Public Management Administration: 14th
- Environmental Policy and Management: 14th
- Public Finance and Budgeting: 14th
Results released in March 2012 in U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 Best Graduate Schools
La Follette’s Social Policy focus field ranked 3rd, behind only Harvard and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Health Policy and Management ranked 9th. Public Policy Analysis ranked 10th. Public Management Administration ranked 14th. Environmental Policy and Management ranked 14th. Public Finance and Budgeting ranked 14th.
In 2012, the University of Wisconsin–Madison was one of three campuses that U.S. News ranked 9th for education graduate schools. The campus ranked 3rd in education policy. Campus graduate programs tied for 2nd in sociology, 14th in economics and 15th in political science in 2009.
Overall in 2011, the University of Wisconsin-Madison ranks 10th among U.S. public institutions, according to U.S. News and World Report, and 19th among world universities, according to Shanghai’s Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities.
The La Follette School is known for its rigorous training in quantitative skills and its small student-teacher ratio. The school’s strength is based on its core public policy faculty and connections with scholars and research centers across the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Many public affairs faculty have joint appointments in other departments, including education, economics, political science, public health, social work, and sociology, which consistently are rated among the top 20 in the nation. Many faculty are affiliates with the Institute for Research on Poverty and the Center for Financial Security at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 Best Graduate Schools
UW-Madison remains high in global ranking, August 15, 2011, University of Wisconsin – Madison News
UW–Madison among top 10 public universities in 2012 U.S. News rankings, September 13, 2011, University of Wisconsin – Madison News
America's Best Graduate Schools 2009, U.S. News and World Report