Rankings

• #4   top school for faculty scholarly productivity in the field of International Affairs and Development, Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
• #16 top U.S. master's programs for international relations, Foreign Policy, 2009
• #14 city management and urban policy, U.S. News & World Report, 2008  
• #23 public management administration, U.S. News & World Report, 2008   
• #27 best schools for public affairs, U.S. News & World Report, 2008 

Biodemographics (Incoming students, Fall 2007)

• 86% full time, 13% part time
• 58% female, 41% male
• 43% in-state, 57% out-of-state
• 10% U.S. minority
• 17% international, representing the countries of Argentina, Bangladesh, Belize, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe

411 total students (180 new students)

Other Facts

• GSPIA ranks tied for second—behind only the Maxwell School at Syracuse University—in the number of NASPAA dissertation awards won by its doctoral students. 
• GSPIA is one of only nine schools to have produced at least two NASPAA (National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration) presidents. One GSPIA alumnus has also served as NASPAA president.
• Three GSPIA alumni have served as President of the ICMA (International City/County Management Association).
• Six GSPIA alumni have served as president of the Korean Association for Public Affairs.