Education Policy MPPs

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So I've been hesitant about jumping in and getting my Masters because I am debt-phobic (I am one of those rare people who escaped undergrad with little to no debt), but I'm thinking about jumping in and seeing if I can get into George Mason U, which would provide in-state tuition for me, cutting likely debt amounts in half. They've got a really good MPP program (ranked 25th or so in the nation), and I suspect I can get in (I haven't taken the GREs yet, but I've got a 3.8 GPA from undergrad at American University), but when I asked them about education policy (my passion) in the MPP program, their admissions people were very blunt with me that "it isn't our specialty."

My questions are multiple. Does anyone know of DC-area universities that have good education policy sections of their MPP programs? How much weight do you think I should put on the fact that George Mason may be a little weak in that particular area? And furthermore, since I got out of undergrad relatively debt-free, how afraid should I be of student debt this time around? Especially considering that I want a career in the think tanks, which often push you to get a PhD at some point?

Dont know the answer to this actually, maybe check your pamphlets again to be sure you haven't missed any info first if you're tryin to enter a uni with minimally low marginal fees. Of course i think you'd be better off trying to fit in a new gap exposure rather than applying for that sort of stuff. The likelihood may be you're sitting on the fence forever more and struggling to get out of a rut but likewise you could always broaden your prospects by aspiring to have many hidden talents in more than one field of study.
The world is open to many new beginnings. take a healthy punt on life would be what i'd say.