RAND School of Public Policy
About
The RAND School of Public Policy is a private graduate school associated with the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California and Arlington, Virginia. The school offers doctoral studies in policy analysis and practical experience working on RAND research projects to solve current public policy problems. Its campus is co-located with the RAND Corporation and most of the faculty is drawn from the 950 researchers at RAND.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 5 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 5 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data5 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
WASC Senior College and University Commission
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Action history · 1
- Feb 2019Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $991K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 12 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at RAND School of Public Policy
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
RAND School of Public Policy vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions RAND School of Public Policy selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectRAND School of Public Policy | — | — | 230 | — | — |
| — | — | 99 | — | — | |
| 71% | 76.6% | 418 | $37,535 | — | |
| — | — | 110 | — | — | |
| — | — | 173 | — | — | |
| 55% | 44.4% | 155 | $26,389 | — | |
| Peer group median | 63% | 60.5% | 164 | $31,962 |
Institutions like RAND School of Public Policy
Explore the federal data for institutions in RAND School of Public Policy's comparison group.
- California
High Tech High Graduate School of Education
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment99Net price—View data - California
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Grad rate71%Admit rate76.6%Enrollment418Net price$37,535View data - Pennsylvania
International Institute for Restorative Practices
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment110Net price—View data - District of Columbia
Institute of World Politics
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment173Net price—View data - South Carolina
American College of the Building Arts
Grad rate55%Admit rate44.4%Enrollment155Net price$26,389View data
Campuses
The 1 campus that make up RAND School of Public Policy.
- VA
Pardee RAND Graduate School - Virginia
Arlington, VANo page yet
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