The Gourman Report
A Rating of Graduate Programs in Public Administration
(Leading Institutions) [1989]
Twenty institutions with scores in the 4.0-5.0 range, in rank order
| Institution | Rank | Score |
| Syracuse | 1 | 4.92 |
| Harvard | 2 | 4.90 |
| Indiana (Bloomington) | 3 | 4.88 |
| USC (California) | 4 | 4.86 |
| UC Berkeley | 5 | 4.84 |
| University of Texas | 6 | 4.81 |
| Princeton | 7 | 4.78 |
| Pittsburgh | 8 | 4.73 |
| University of Michigan | 9 | 4.70 |
| University of Georgia | 10 | 4.67 |
| Carnegie-Mellon | 11 | 4.65 |
| University of Minnesota | 12 | 4.61 |
| Ohio State | 13 | 4.55 |
| American University | 14 | 4.51 |
| U. of North Carolina | 15 | 4.46 |
| SUNY (Albany) | 16 | 4.42 |
| George Washington | 17 | 4.36 |
| Florida State | 18 | 4.32 |
| VPI and State Univ. | 19 | 4.31 |
| Kansas | 20 | 4.24 |
