2016-2017 Policy School Application Deadlines for Top MPP / MPA Programs

Last updated September 19, 2016

The schools included:

American University (SPA), Carnegie Mellon (Heinz), Columbia (SIPA), Cornell (CIPA), Duke (Sanford), George Washington University (Trachtenberg), Georgetown (McCourt), Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Indiana Bloomington (SPEA), Johns Hopkins (SAIS), NYU (Wagner), Princeton (Woodrow Wilson), Syracuse (Maxwell), UC Berkeley (Goldman), University of Chicago (Harris), Michigan Anne Arbor (Ford), USC (Price), UT Austin (LBJ School), U. Washington (Evans), U. Wisconsin (La Follette)

This list covers admissions deadlines for domestic public policy programs. Responses on applications should come back within 1 to 3 months depending on the school (this varies widely.) If the schools provide a priority date (or early deadline), we’ve put it in the chart. Spring deadlines are included for the schools that posted them for their programs that begin in the spring. Note: Be sure to verify dates on school websites as dates sometimes change (we are human and so are the administrators.)   [table id=17 /]   Occasionally schools will adjust deadlines, so here are a few notes to clarify: *The Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) dates in the chart are for the Master of International Public Policy (MIPP) program. They also offer a Master of Arts in Global Public Policy (GPP). The regular application date for GPP is Feb 1. Please note the spring admissions deadline for MIPP has been extended to November 1.]]>