<p>Hey, do you guys know any schools that have good undergrad programs in all three subjects? I've taken all three during high school and am not sure which one I want to major in, so I'd like to go to a school which has well-respected programs in all three. Location and price aren't an issue, but I'm more interested in small to mid-sized schools. Any help is appreciated.Thanks!</p>
<p>Swarthmore has very strong Poli Sci, Psych, and Sociology/Anthro departments. But, there are many, many schools that are strong in those areas, so I would recommend focusing on the big picture stuff, first. Once you've found a list of schools that offer what you want in terms of size, location, campus culture and so forth, then start looking at the details like individual departments.</p>
<p>UCLA
U Chicago
Columbia
Duke
Harvard
Macalester
U Penn
Stanford
Vanderbilt
Yale</p>
<p>As a student at Macalester, I can tell you the college has accomplishment and takes pride all three programs (esp 2 and 3). Most expecially the Poli Sci program (Kofi Annan and all that jazz)... I'm taking my first-year seminar in the poli department (foundations of int'l poli) and I love the class and the prof.
a lot of kids here with similar interests also applied to U Chicago, Yale and Brown for the same departments.
feel free to shoot Macalester questions my direction. I love study distractions :)</p>
<p>I would say Michigan-Ann Arbor. Michigan is not mid-sized, but it is ranked #1 or #2 in all three fields listed in your title.</p>
<p>Thanks everybody, I appreciate your help!</p>
<p>UCLA
U Chicago
Columbia
Duke
Harvard
Macalester
U Penn
Stanford
Vanderbilt
Yale</p>
<p>I don't know how you classify small and midsized, but some of these don't seem to fit. How does Berkeley compare to UCLA, size wise? Well, I guess a more important point would be do you count graduate and professional schools when you are talking about size? For instance, Chicago and Harvard are pretty large if you count everything, but much smaller populations if you only count undergrads. I suggest you look at elite LACs and schools like the Ivy League, and those previously mentioned.</p>
<p>University of Hawaii at Manoa - their Anthro and Poli Sci depts are both very good, very hands-on, students from all over the world in the Depts. (particularly at the grad level because of the East-West Scholars Program) - Poli. Sci very good in political economy, IR, and future studies. Anthro - great in Pacific Island, Asia, SE Asian studies because you can cross depts. and go more in depth into area studies.</p>
<p>Lots of small and medium-sized schools where Psych and Poli Sci are strong, so I would focus on the Anthropology depts to make sure they have the courses you are interested in. Your stats would give posters some idea of what schools are realistic admits for you.</p>
<p>Also, are you interested in a school where political science is theory, or where people go out and get involved in political races? Same goes for anthro...do you want a school where you can get the best theoretical training, or a school with hands on experience? That will make a huge difference, even among schools that offer all three programs.</p>
<p>(and Mac is really strong in all three, especially poli sci. shameless plug? yup. but its an amazing school that gets overlooked too often)</p>
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I don't know how you classify small and midsized, but some of these don't seem to fit. How does Berkeley compare to UCLA, size wise?
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<p>Pretty much identical, size wise...</p>
<p>BTW, I'm only good for poli sci, but the top programs are:</p>
<p>Top-10 (not necessarily in subfields, but a general "overall")
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
Berkeley
UCLA
UCSD (DO NOT OVERLOOK THEM FOR POLI SCI)
Stanford
Michigan
Duke</p>
<p>Nebulous region of mystery
Chicago</p>
<p>Other top programs not to overlook
Rochester (more for the quantitative side, though)
Cornell
Minnesota
Northwestern
NYU
Penn
OSU
Wisconsin-Madison
WUSTL</p>
<p>Runners up
UVa
JHU</p>
<p>Based on what? Besides, it seems like your list has a STRONG preference for larger schools, which, while they may have "stronger" programs, often don't have the same level of professor-student involvement, small class sizes, or research opprotunities from first year that a top LAC can offer.</p>
<p>I'm just talking ranking from within the field itself.</p>
<p>Granted, political scientists tend to prefer big research based programs...</p>
<p>To be fair, I cannot and will not rank LAC programs because I simply do not know enough about them. I was merely offering the top research university programs.</p>