据USNews官方介绍，美国大学研究生教育政策专业排名主要参考以下六大因素：1、师生比;2、研究费用;3、录取比率;4、本科平均学分;5、GRE LSAT GMAT平均分;6、毕业即成功就业率。
下面是2015年USNews美国大学美国大学研究生教育政策专业的详细排名：
2015USNews美国大学研究生教育政策专业排名
| Rank | School name | Tuition | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Stanford University Stanford, CA |
$42,690 per year (full-time) | 387 |
| #2 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
$40,106 per year (full-time) | 855 |
| #3 | University of Wisconsin—Madison Madison, WI |
$11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,017 |
| #3 | Vanderbilt University (Peabody) Nashville, TN |
$1,747 per credit (full-time) | 873 |
| #5 | Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY |
$1,344 per credit (full-time) | 4,969 |
| #6 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
$19,982 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,402 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 677 |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$43,856 per year (full-time) | 1,051 |
| #8 | University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 341 |
| #9 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park University Park, PA |
$18,270 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,246 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,061 |
| #10 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI |
$654 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,253 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,980 |
| #10 | University of California—Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,102 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 744 |
| #12 | University of Virginia (Curry) Charlottesville, VA |
$13,818 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,082 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 890 |
| #13 | University of Colorado—Boulder Boulder, CO |
$9,918 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,712 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 334 |
| #14 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL |
$11,626 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,118 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 826 |
| #15 | University of Washington Seattle, WA |
$14,301 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,030 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,004 |
| #16 | University of Southern California (Rossier) Los Angeles, CA |
$1,536 per credit (full-time) | 1,886 |
| #17 | New York University (Steinhardt) New York, NY |
$34,128 per year (full-time) | 3,289 |
| #17 | University of Maryland—College Park College Park, MD |
$573 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,236 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 937 |
| #19 | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC |
$8,343 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,554 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 432 |
