I'm currently debating between 4 schools for an MPP degree, and I was looking for some feedback. I'm debating between the University of Michigan Ford School, Carnegie Mellon Heinz College, Duke Sanford School of Public Policy and the University of Minnesota Humphrey School.
Minnesota is offering a free ride, Duke is offering 14k a year, Carnegie Mellon is offering 20k a year and Michigan is offering nothing but I live in-state. Other considerations are that I went to Michigan as an undergrad and I got into the DC track program at Carnegie Mellon, which seems to be quite intense.
I would appreciate input from the forum to aid my decision. The free ride from Minnesota is hard to turn down, but Duke, Mellon and Michigan are higher rated.