Public Affairs Best Colleges Graduation Rate Comparison

The following table lists the best colleges in Public Affairs programs. The "-" value in other columns means that the corresponding data has not been reported or the school does not have programs for the values.
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RankCollege NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateRetention Rate (full-time)Retention Rate (part-time)
237Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
Public, 4 years
four-years
81%10%90%72
87Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Private, 4 years
four-years
83%-91%45
4Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Private, 4 years
four-years
97%-98%-
59University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Public, 4 years
four-years
94%-96%85
57University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Public, 4 years
four-years
93%-97%85
27University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Private, 4 years
four-years
92%-97%33
85University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Public, 4 years
four-years
88%7%94%91
5University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Private, 4 years
four-years
95%-99%-
159University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
Public, 4 years
four-years
84%-94%77
92American University
Washington, DC
Private, 4 years
four-years
79%-86%57
829Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ
Public, 4 years
four-years
66%19%85%50
26Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Private, 4 years
four-years
95%-97%100
89George Washington University
Washington, DC
Private, 4 years
four-years
84%-90%75
25New York University
New York, NY
Private, 4 years
four-years
87%5%95%67
3Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Private, 4 years
four-years
97%-97%-
56University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Public, 4 years
four-years
92%3%97%53
129University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Public, 4 years
four-years
84%9%90%63
40The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Public, 4 years
four-years
87%-95%85
18Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
91%-97%-
119Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
Public, 4 years
four-years
88%7%93%52
49University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Public, 4 years
four-years
91%5%96%92
6Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Private, 4 years
four-years
95%-98%83
10Duke University
Durham, NC
Private, 4 years
four-years
96%-97%-
875Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Public, 4 years
four-years
54%20%78%48
731University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Public, 4 years
four-years
67%23%85%58
Average86%11%93%69