The Gourman Report

A Rating of Graduate Programs in Public Administration
(Leading Institutions) [1989]

Twenty institutions with scores in the 4.0-5.0 range, in rank order

Institution

Rank

Score
Syracuse

1

4.92
Harvard

2

4.90
Indiana (Bloomington)

3

4.88
USC (California)

4

4.86
UC Berkeley

5

4.84
University of Texas

6

4.81
Princeton

7

4.78
Pittsburgh

8

4.73
University of Michigan

9

4.70
University of Georgia

10

4.67
Carnegie-Mellon

11

4.65
University of Minnesota

12

4.61
Ohio State

13

4.55
American University

14

4.51
U. of North Carolina

15

4.46
SUNY (Albany)

16

4.42
George Washington

17

4.36
Florida State

18

4.32
VPI and State Univ.

19

4.31
Kansas

20

4.24