<p>I was wondering what the best college for majors like international relations or political science is. I looked around on the internet, but I would really like real opinions. So, what are they? I have no knowledge of colleges really, beyond the basics. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I’ll give this a go. Though I’m not sure what you mean by real options.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about Poli Sci. But here is a very terse, incomplete and unvarying list of a few schools with very strong and well-known International Relations/Studies programs:</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins University (International Studies)
Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School)
Georgetown (School of Foreign Service)</p>
<p>I’ve also heard good things about the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.</p>
<p>I’m assuming you mean undergraduate? See <a href=“http://web.wm.edu/irtheoryandpractice/trip/surveyreport06-07.pdf?svr=www[/url]”>http://web.wm.edu/irtheoryandpractice/trip/surveyreport06-07.pdf?svr=www</a>. On page 27, you’ll find a ranking of the top 25 undergraduate programs in international relations based on a survey of professors of IR at US colleges and universities. Top 5 are Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Georgetown, Columbia. </p>
<p>Now, I don’t know where you stand academically, but all of those are incredibly competitive schools admissions-wise. There are also some schools on the list of the to 25 where a more “average” applicant has a better shot: George Washington (#10), American (#11), Berkeley (#8), UCSD (tie for #14) UCLA (#21), and OSU (tie for #24).</p>
<p>Generally speaking, though, only one school comes to mind for students interested in IR: Georgetown. It’s got great academics + great location (DC) + a dedicated school for IR (the SFS).</p>
<p>William & Mary, the creator of those rankings, is also pretty good. They approach it from an interdisciplinary perspective rather than as a limited subfield of polisci, and it takes a particular interest in involving undergrads in research.</p>
<p>I’ve never seen any evidence that a degree in International Relations is more likely to lead to a job in international relations than, say, a degree in history.</p>
<p>Georgetown, period.</p>
<p>Check out the foreign policy rankings. most authoritative.
I would say Georgetown SFS or Columbia, and, on a lower tier, George Washington and American. Aim for NYC or DC, and you cant get it wrong =)</p>