<p>I'll be honest, when it came down to my final decision, Wisconsin and Northwestern, for a political science major, I couldn't justify spending 15-20K more A YEAR when I viewed the departments. Obviously a good school but I'd go to Chicago for poli sci over NU and even then, at the undergraduate level... I'm not sure any specific institution (except specific programs, ie: Gtown) gives you advantages.</p>
<p>kk19 is going to like burn my head on a stick. I just can't justify their department, it's much lower than chicago or gtown.</p>
<p>for economics, MIT and U of Chicago are above all the best ones...</p>
<p>Well sure Northwestern wouldn't be placed number one on a ranking of political science programs, but the title of the thread is "Best Colleges for Economics and Political Science" and Northwestern happens to be one of the best colleges for political science and even stronger in economics.</p>
<p>My point exactly.....</p>
<p>how is colgate in these two fields?</p>
<p>Princeton Review Gourman Report 1998 for both poly and econ
yale, harvard, chicago, stanford, princeton, northwestern, mit, minn, wisc, berkeley, columbia, mich, johns hopkins, duke</p>
<p>I would say, harvard, Columbia, and Georgetown and maybe Princeton.</p>
<p>Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Chicago, Yale and Cal are amazing in both Econ and Political Science. </p>
<p>MIT, Northwestern and Penn are amazing in Economics and strong in Political science.</p>
<p>Michigan and Duke are amazing in Political science and strong in Economics.</p>
<p>All of those schools would suit your purpose nicely.</p>
<p>Then, you have the LACs. All of the "usual suspects" have strong Economics and Political Science programs, especially Amherst, Carleton, Claremont McKenna, Pomona, Swarthmore, Wesleyan and Williams</p>
<p>Just to put in a word for the Princeton econ/poli departments (since those are the ones I'll be entering in this coming year and...well...more fun people=fun times!), Princeton has great econ and politics departments (which allow you to concentrate in either econ or politics with a certificate in political economy), great professors (with nationally-recognized and award-winning professors, but the same could be said for the rest of the top econ and polisci departments around the nation), and a wide variety of courses to take, not to mention some pretty nice internship opportunities (if you get in touch with the right people, you could be looking at a summer internship at a top investment bank in the country) and several different programs/committees/councils that do work within the fields of political science, economics, political economy, legal studies/issues, international studies/relations, population studies...you name it.</p>
<p>I like Alexandre's groupings</p>
<p>tcolgate, Colgate's econ & polysci courses are both exceptional. They are well taught and highly respected. The economics major is one of the toughest at the school and well regarded in the private sector. Alexandre should've definitely included Colgate in his fine list of LACs with outstanding econ & polysci departments.</p>
<p>Berkeley has had at least two Nobel Memorial prizewinners in economics.</p>
<p>Intellectually, I understand that Princeton's econ department is one of the best in the world. I somehow find it hard to reconcile that fact with the knowledge that I went to elementary school with one of its professors.</p>
<p>For universities, Chicago consistently ranks at the top in economics. For political science, look at Johns Hopkins; the term was invented there. Ultimately, you can't go wrong at any of the schools mentioned in this thread.</p>
<p>What about Georgetown (SFS)? How does it rank in these fields? </p>
<p>And, how does it compare to Princeton's Economics and Poli Sci departments? (I've been told that Princeton is more focused on theory while Georgetown is more into the practical aspects-- is that true?)</p>
<p>I guess the first question you should ask is what do you want to study? Foreign Service/International Relations or Political Science. There is almost not overlap. Its like Business and Economics or Engineering and Physics. Once you decide, then you can make a decision.</p>
<p>Top dog: Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School</p>
<p>If you want to do both at the same time, LACs would be the better choice. Williams, Amherst, etc., you can't go wrong with them, and their selectivities are same/harder than the lower ivies.</p>
<p>How high would you place Tufts University for econ/poli sci?</p>