| Ranking | Social Policy Schools | Location |
| 1 | Harvard University (Kennedy) | Cambridge, MA |
| 2 | University of Michigan (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 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 15 | University of Texas at 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 |