Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Information

The Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota is one of the country’s top-ranked professional public policy and planning schools, widely recognized for its success in advancing the common good through a comprehensive, world-class program. The School currently ranks eighth among more than 270 schools of public affairs and administration across the United States and second for its nonprofit leadership program The Humphrey School offers six distinctive master’s degrees, a doctoral degree, and five certificate programs that match students’ passion with the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to solve real-world challenges. The School is long noted for equipping students to play key roles in public life at the local, state, national, and global levels. Since 2011, Eric Schwartz has been the School’s dean. He previously served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration working with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the State Department’s principal humanitarian official.