List of Ivy League public policy schools
School name Host institution Location Degree programs offered Year founded
Fels Institute of Government University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia , PA MPA 1937
School of International and Public Affairs ( SIPA ) Columbia University New York , NY MPA , Master of International Affairs ( MIA ) , PhD 1946
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University Princeton , NJ AB , MPA , MPP , PhD 1930
John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University Cambridge , MA MPA , MPP , PhD 1936
Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences Dartmouth College Hanover , NH Undergraduate minor 1983
Jackson Institute for Global Affairs Yale University New Haven , CT BA , MA , Master of Advanced Study ( MAS ) 2010
Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Brown University Providence , RI BA , MPA 1979
Cornell Institute for Public Affairs Cornell University Ithaca , NY MPA 1946
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The Ivy League public policy schools outlines the universities within the Ivy League that offer public policy or public administration degrees. These public policy schools often provide Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Public Policy (MPP), Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master of International Affairs, or Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy and/or Administration degrees. The public policy programs at the Ivy League rank as some of the best in the world. The oldest program for the study of public policy and administration began at Princeton University in 1930, founded as the School of Public and International Affairs. The school's mission was to prepare students for leadership in public and international affairs in accordance with President Woodrow Wilson who desired a school that could train students for public service. Harvard University soon followed with their own school, the Graduate School of Public Administration, in 1936. The most recently established school of government was at Yale University through the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs in 2010. The goal of the Jackson Institute was to enhance the university's current offerings of social science research and courses. The Institute currently specializes in international affairs, but is planning to expand to domestic policy in the near future. These schools have served as the model for other programs around the world, most notably at Oxford University. The Blavatnik School of Government was founded in 2010 and is the first of its kind in Europe. It currently offers MPP and DPhil in Public Policy degrees.