Which Policy Schools Can I Apply To After February 1?

Are you interested in attending policy school? Fortunately, there’s still time to get your application in for this admissions cycle. There are many schools you can apply to after February 1, so you still have plenty of time to prepare an application to meet those deadlines. 

If you are looking for financial aid, it’s worth keeping in mind that many programs have a priority deadline, which is the cutoff deadline to be considered for scholarships. We recently put together a list of policy school deadlines for some of the top MPP and MPA programs in the U.S. This list includes any relevant priority deadlines for the programs included. 

If you haven’t started on your application materials yet, you still have ample time to apply to programs in this list. Of course, dates can be subject to change, so please verify deadlines on school websites.

Policy SchoolDegreesDeadline(s)Carnegie Mellon (Heinz)MSPPMRolling deadline after January 10, 2021American University MPAApplication deadline for the Key Executive MPA scholarship: June 1, 2021Columbia University (SIPA)MIA MPA MPA-DPFebruary 14, 2021UCLA (Luskin) MPPJune 30, 2021 (Rolling application deadline) University of Georgia MPADomestic applicants: July 1, 2021 International applicants: April 15, 2021 University of Minnesota (Humphrey) MPP, MPAMPP deadline: April 1, 2021MPA applications accepted on a space-available basis after February 15, 2021Ohio State (Glenn) MPA MPALMPA: May 1, 2021 (final deadline)MPAL: May 15, 2021 (final deadline)Texas A&M MPA February 15, 2021 (final deadline)George Washington University (Trachtenberg)MPAMPPMA-ENRPApril 1, 2021 (final deadline)Georgetown (McCourt)MPPMPMApril 15, 2021 (final deadline)Indiana Bloomington (SPEA)MPAFall 2021 (August start date):June 1, 2021 (final deadline)Cornell (CIPA)MPARolling admissions, submit your application as soon as possible.NYU (Wagner)MPAMUPMSPPEMPA
May 1, 2021 (final deadline)Syracuse (Maxwell)MPARolling admissions through April.UC Berkeley (Goldman)MPPMPAFebruary 2, 2021 (MPA Round 2)April 1, 2021 (MPA final deadline)University of Chicago (Harris)MPPMSCAPPMACRMJune 15, 2021 (Round 3)USC (Price)MPPMPAMay 1, 2021 (international applicant final deadline)July 1, 2021 (domestic applicant final deadline)UT Austin (LBJ School)MPAMGPS
March 15, 2021 (final deadline)U. Washington (Evans)MPAExecutive MPAMay 15, 2021 (Exec MPA priority deadline)July 15, 2021 (Exec MPA final deadline)U. Wisconsin (La Follette)MPAMIPA
Rolling admissions after January 1

While deadlines for many policy programs have already passed, there are still many top programs accepting applications after February 1, 2021. If you aren’t far along in your application, or if you need more time and still want to apply for the current application cycle, focusing on the schools above may make sense for you. 

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