Ranked in 2012, part of Public Affairs
Social policy analysts and social workers aim to improve the lives of children, the elderly, minority groups, disadvantaged populations, and others. These are the top public affairs schools for social policy.

Rank	School name
#1	Harvard University (Kennedy)  Cambridge, MA
#1	University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor (Ford)  Ann Arbor, MI
#3	University of Wisconsin–​Madison (La Follette)  Madison, WI
#4	University of Chicago (Harris)  Chicago, IL
#5	Princeton University (Wilson)  Princeton, NJ
#6	University of California–​Berkeley (Goldman)  Berkeley, CA
#7	Duke University (Sanford)  Durham, NC
#8	New York University (Wagner)  New York, NY
#9	Brandeis University (Heller)  Waltham, MA
#9	University of Southern California (Price)  Los Angeles, CA
#11	Syracuse University (Maxwell)  Syracuse, NY
#12	University of Maryland–​College Park  College Park, MD
#13	New School (Milano)  New York, NY
#14	University of Minnesota–​Twin Cities (Humphrey)  Minneapolis, MN
#14	University of Texas–​Austin (LBJ)  Austin, TX
#16	Indiana University–​Bloomington  Bloomington, IN
#17	Georgetown University  Washington, DC
#18	University of California–​Los Angeles (Luskin)  Los Angeles, CA