best poli sci schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>anyone know??</p>

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<p>Duke is up there (like top 10 or something?) for Poli Sci and they also have the Public Policy department which is a nice interdisciplinary alternative/addition.</p>

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<p>GW has a highly rated Public Policy department.</p>

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<p>Check out Penn's PPE program.</p>

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<p>Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Duke, U Michigan, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, Cornell, and Johns Hopkins all come to mind, but I probably skipped over a few.</p>

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<p>Stolen from one of Alexandre's posts on the uMich forum (good thing there is no plagiarism in CC):</p>

<p>USNWR POLITICAL SCIENCE OVERALL:</p>

<h1>1 Harvard University 5.0/5.0</h1>

<h1>2 Stanford University 4.9</h1>

<h1>3 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 4.8</h1>

<h1>4 Princeton University 4.7</h1>

<h1>5 University of California-Berkeley 4.6</h1>

<h1>5 Yale University 4.6</h1>

<h1>7 University of California-San Diego 4.4</h1>

<h1>8 Duke University 4.3</h1>

<h1>8 University of Chicago 4.3</h1>

<h1>10 Columbia University 4.2</h1>

<h1>10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.2</h1>

<h1>10 University of California-Los Angeles 4.2</h1>

<h1>13 Ohio State University 4.0</h1>

<h1>13 University of North Carolina 4.0</h1>

<h1>13 University of Rochester 4.0</h1>

<p>USNWR AMERICAN POLITICS:</p>

<h1>1 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</h1>

<h1>2 Harvard University</h1>

<h1>3 Stanford University</h1>

<h1>4 Princeton University</h1>

<h1>5 Ohio State University (not a typo! LOL)</h1>

<h1>6 University of California-San Diego</h1>

<h1>7 University of California-Berkeley</h1>

<h1>8 Yale University</h1>

<h1>9 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill</h1>

<h1>10 Duke University</h1>

<p>USNWR COMPARATIVE POLITICS:</p>

<h1>1 Harvard University</h1>

<h1>2 University of California-Berkeley</h1>

<h1>3 University of California San Diego</h1>

<h1>4 Princeton University</h1>

<h1>5 Stanford University</h1>

<h1>5 University of California-Los Angeles</h1>

<h1>7 Columbia University</h1>

<h1>7 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</h1>

<h1>9 Yale University</h1>

<h1>10 Duke University</h1>

<p>USNWR INTERNATIONAL POLITICS:</p>

<h1>1 Harvard University</h1>

<h1>2 Stanford University</h1>

<h1>3 Columbia University</h1>

<h1>3 Princeton University</h1>

<h1>5 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</h1>

<h1>6 University of California-San Diego</h1>

<h1>7 Duke University</h1>

<h1>7 University of California-Berkeley</h1>

<h1>9 University of Chicago</h1>

<h1>10 New York University</h1>

<p>USNWR POLITICAL METHODOLOGY:</p>

<h1>1 Harvard University</h1>

<h1>2 Stanford University</h1>

<h1>2 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</h1>

<h1>4 University of Rochester</h1>

<h1>5 Princeton University</h1>

<h1>6 New York University</h1>

<h1>7 University of California-San Diego</h1>

<h1>8 University of California-Berkeley</h1>

<h1>9 Washington University-St Louis</h1>

<h1>10 Ohio State University</h1>

<p>NRC POLITICAL SCIENCE RANKINGS (1995 ranking):</p>

<h1>1 Harvard University 4.88/5.0</h1>

<h1>2 University of California-Berkeley 4.66</h1>

<h1>3 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 4.60</h1>

<h1>3 Yale University 4.60</h1>

<h1>5 Stanford University 4.50</h1>

<h1>6 University of Chicago 4.41</h1>

<h1>7 Princeton University 4.39</h1>

<h1>8 University of California-Los Angeles 4.25</h1>

<h1>9 University of California-San Diego 4.13</h1>

<h1>10 University of Wisconsin-Madison 4.09</h1>

<h1>11 University of Rochester 4.01</h1>

<h1>12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3.96</h1>

<h1>13 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 3.95</h1>

<h1>14 Duke University 3.94</h1>

<h1>15 Cornell University 3.85</h1>

<p>GOURMAN REPORT RANKING OF UNDERGRADUATE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS:</p>

<h1>1 Yale University 4.92/5.0</h1>

<h1>2 Harvard University 4.91</h1>

<h1>3 University of California-Berkeley 4.90</h1>

<h1>4 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 4.89</h1>

<h1>5 University of Chicago 4.87</h1>

<h1>6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.86</h1>

<h1>7 Stanford University 4.84</h1>

<h1>8 University of Wisconsin-Madison 4.83</h1>

<h1>9 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 4.82</h1>

<h1>10 Cornell University4.80</h1>

<h1>11 Princeton University 4.78</h1>

<h1>12 University of California-Los Angeles 4.76</h1>

<h1>13 Northwestern University 4.75</h1>

<h1>14 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 4.74</h1>

<h1>15 Columbia University 4.73</h1>

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<p>chibear: is that list available online anywhere?</p>

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<p>nevermind. PS those schools are GRAD SCHOOL RANKINGS </p>

<p><a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/phdhum/brief/polrank_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/phdhum/brief/polrank_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>of course they are grad school rankings. they do not have undergrad poly sci rankings. To analyze a poli sci department, you must look at graduate rankings of poli sci departments. That was an excellent list of different rankings and different areas of poli sci. Those lists seem to be accurate.</p>

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<p>It correlates to school quality ...</p>

<p>HYPSM Columbia Duke Penn Michigan Georgetown Chicago and Berkeley would be a good list</p>

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<p>CareBear--can you copy and paste that ranking, for us non-member? Thanks.</p>

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<p>it would be the same as what i posted, so there isn't much of a point. Grad and undergrad rankings in a particular department aren't going to be much different. They have access to all the same resources.</p>

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<p>Gourman Report undergrad ranking in Political Science:
Yale
Harvard
Berkeley
Michigan
Chicago
MIT
Stanford
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Cornell
Princeton
UCLA
Northwestern
UNC Chapel Hill
Columbia
Indiana Bloomington
Duke
Johns Hopkins
Notre Dame
Tufts
Ohio State
U Penn
UVA
Georgetown
Texas Austin
U Washington
U Pittsburgh
U Rochester
Rutgers
Brandeis
Vanderbilt
Illinois UC
Oregon
Maryland CP
Iowa
UC Santa Barbara
SUNY Buffalo
U Mass Amherst
NYU
Michigan St
Syracuse
Washington U St Louis
US Air Force Acad
US Military Acad
Dartmouth
Pomona
Emory
UC Davis
Boston U
Tulane</p>

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<p>haha why does UNC CH get up above Duke for the undergrad one? I live right between em and they both have top programs... but Duke's poli sci > UNC's poli sci</p>

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<p>Top Overall Political Science Departments (in order): </p>

<p>Harvard University
Stanford University
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Princeton University
UC Berkeley
Yale University
UCSD
Duke University
University of Chicago
Columbia University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
UCLA</p>

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<p>ucchris--Cornell?</p>

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<p>what about northwestern?</p>

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<p>my listing was out of us news, and was their top 10 schools (including ties) for poli sci. i imagine cornell and northwestern would both be top 20 programs.</p>

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<p>Claremont McKenna</p>