Where does Georgetown stand?

Graduate School
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I’m from the UK and hoping for Graduate School (Masters in Public Policy) in the US.</p>

<p>I’ve been doing extensive research and I’m a little uncertain about the status of Georgetown. I hear it referred to a lot in the media, giving me the impression that it has an excellent reputation. But league tables (College/GradSchool/Research output etc) consitently put it in the 20-30th bracket.</p>

<p>Is this unfair, an anomaly, or am I wrong to have thought that Georgetown was roughly equivalent to an Ivy League institution in terms of employment prospects and academic prestige?</p>

<p>Please let me hear your comments, and raise any discussion points.</p>

<p>Regards,</p>

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<p>In the US, you can’t rank grad programs based on the prestige of the undergrad institution. For public policy especially, lots of the top programs are at schools that aren’t particularly famous. For example, the top public policy school in the country is at Syracuse University. </p>

<p>Georgetown’s public policy program is decent, but not top tier. I think its ranked around 20th. On the other hand, its international affairs program is one of the (if not the) best in the country.</p>