<p>Hello! I was just wondering which graduate schools are generally considered the "best" in the field of political science/governement. Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Hi,
Some of the programs that I have heard good comments of (I'm applying this year for a Ph.D in polisci) are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Michigan, Chicago, Columbia, Duke, WUSTL (methodology), Berkeley and UCSD. But it depends on your specialization</p>
<p>According to US News, the top programs are:
1. Harvard
2. Stanford, Berkeley, Michigan
5. Yale
6. Princeton
7. UCSD
8. Duke, UCLA, Chicago
11. Columbia, MIT, Rochester, Wisconsin
15. Ohio State, Minnesota, UNC Chapel Hill</p>
<p>Does anyone know how Brown's program rates?</p>
<p>BTW- thanks for the info, mariana and blue. :)</p>
<p>bump... anyone?</p>
<p>Brown is #45. The rest of the top 45:
18. Indiana Bloomington, Washington University in St. Louis
20. Cornell, Northwestern
22. Michigan State
23. SUNY Stony Brook, Illinois, Texas, Washington
27. Johns Hopkins, Iowa
29. UC Irvine, Maryland
31. Emory, Rice, Texas A&M
34. NYU, Arizona, UC Davis, Virginia
38. Florida State, Penn State, Rutgers New Brunswick, Colorado
42. Georgetown, Syracuse, Vanderbilt
45. Brown, Claremont, George Washington, Pitt</p>
<p>Is there a free website where I can access these rankings?</p>
<p>No, you need a paid subscription to US News.</p>
<p>This is a link to the NRC (National Research Council, non-profit) ranking on doctorate programs. It's 10 years old, but rankings don't change that much so you can use it as a guideline. </p>
<p>U.S. News rankings are a piece of crap.</p>
<p>I have a somewhat related question - what are these “top” programs typically looking for? Are you expected to have published papers as an undergraduate? For instance, what would Harvard typically look for when admitting students into their polsci program? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>