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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an MPA grad of Princeton with two other Ivy degrees. I find the idea that grad school is less prestigious laughable, especially for Princeton's SPIA. SPIA offers generous support to its MPA students, most of whom graduate without debt. Admissions rates are not quite 3.6% but they are under 10%. It's almost impossible to get into SPIA without some kind of achievement or track record in the policy world.

Cf. SPIA to KSG. About 65-70 students a year vs. 500. KSG is a degree factory.

SAIS and Georgetown have little prestige in policy circles; PP is completely off base there. Yes, there are a lot of them in DC but not a lot of solidarity and networking support. Also, how many senior policy people do you know who hail from SAIS or Georgetown? The prestigious power jobs are held by Princeton/Harvard grads. [/quote]

Absolutely false.  I'm a foreign affairs professional in Washington and SAIS by far here is the powerhouse for IR policy.  An MPA -- masters of public administration, which includes domestic policy -- and a masters in IR are very different.  In foreign affairs, SAIS, Georgetown, Harvard KSG, SIPA, and Fletcher are the leading schools.  Princeton does not really rate.

In any case, at the very top of the foreign policy elite, most seem to have law degrees and/or were Rhodes.[/quote]

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