This might be a very specific question but to advance in the public sector and achieve more strategic positions, would you consider the Yale SOM MBA as an alternative to an HKS MPP?

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What exactly do you mean by “advance in the public sector”? Is your goal to be a strategy partner at a top public sector consulting firm? A cabinet secretary? A Senator? A head of an agency division? The public sector is massive and the advice I’d give differs DRASTICALLY depending on what your goals are.

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@D2 sure! Happy to share

Depends. What is your goal? Also HKS is an overpriced degree mill with a 40+% acceptance rate.

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Neither. Get lucky and join a winning presidential campaign, get an M7 MBA and go MBB, or be a software developer with a TS/SCI FS Poly. Or grind it out as a congressional staffer and then do government relations/lobbying.

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Just about any top 10-15 MBA would be better than an HKS MPP. The MPP classes have a ton of kids in their early 20s with little to no work experience. MBA programs give you access to a much better recruiting pipeline.

Disagree, very agency focused. Former IC here. Georgetown, GW, SAIS, and AU all FAR more prevalent than HKS in junior roles and I can't think of any HKS masters grads at senior levels. Goes for most of DOD too.

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No, those programs have two totally different goals and provide very different educations. Yale has a joint MPP/MBA between Jackson/SOM that might give you some options if you don’t know exactly what you want to do or want the flexibility.

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