Best schools for Political Science?
Statistics are average; Pre-med track also needed
For range (some of these schools may represent reaches) and variety, look into Syracuse, UWashington, GW, American, Kenyon, F&M, Dickinson, Connecticut College, Gettysburg, Drew, George Mason. If you were to note your home state, that could be helpful to further suggestions.
Also look into UW–Madison.
Thank you for the speedy response! My home-state is Virginia.
College of William & Mary, University of Virginia, GWU.
Hard to make suggestions without clarification as to your qualifications such as SAT/ACT scores & GPA.
I haven’t taken the ACT/SAT; my GPA is a 3.5 unweighted.
According to your other posts, you are a freshman in HS. It is way to early to worry about a college list. It is okay to start understanding things about college in general. The most important thing will be your grades. The second, is your family’s ability to pay for college. Your main concern should be the first. Your parents need to start (if they haven’t already) worrying about the second.
Thanks for the advice, alas, I won’t let someone on college confidential try to dictate my college expenditure. My question was what are good political science schools. It’s never too early to form a college list. 
Nobody is going to try and “dictate” to you, but college expenditure is one of the first metrics to consider when looking at colleges for political science. If your family can afford to pay for your college straight up / no loans, then you can tick that metric off and move on to the next one*.
If, however, paying for college could require loans, it is extra-important to minimize them if you want to do political science. Most polisci paths expect you do to a fair amount of free/barely stipended internships during school and even right out of undergrad. Early career jobs are shockingly poorly paid. it is a meaningful career disadvantage to have to service debt. And, if you are ambitious, most polisci career paths include a stop at grad school (typically Law or Public Policy) which is famously expensive…
The good news is that political science is a major with a long and deep history, and is more likely to be good than not even at very ‘average’ schools. Outside of a handful of big names, what will affect your ability to get jobs most is the internships you get during college (see above)- and even at the big name places what makes the difference in the internships you get is the amount you hustle.
More good news: as a VA resident you have some great options. Depending on the rest of your package (including where in VA you live) UVa & W&M are possible. JMU is a very credible option. Etc. IMO GWU (with all its faults) is the best undergrad option for political science, simply because an A/B student can get in, and with some hustle build an amazing depth of internships during undergrad. Proximity counts.
*which is aligning your specific interests in polisci with particular schools; fwiw, the 3rd metric is which ones of those you can get into.
Thank you for your comment; I was going to do medical school post- poli. sci. What are the statistics that I need to get into W&M, is it similar to those accepted to UVa?
As a resident of Virginia, you will have several outstanding options for college including the University of Virginia & the College of William & Mary.
Your high school college advisor/guidance counselor can help with admissions requirements. Most important is that you earn grades which place you in the top 10% of your high school class.
Depending on where you are in the state, the rigor of your coursework, etc, both W&M and UVa could be anywhere from high-match to reach. Admitted student stats are pretty similar in both schools- but virtually all were in the top 25% of their class, and most of them in the top 10%. So, your school’s Naviance will give you the best indicator.
And if your goal is med school then 1) minimizing debt matters and 2) almost any of the instate schools will give you a solid enough political science degree.
I was going to seek out the HPSP scholarship for medical school.
Super option, @puerbrevis. Obviously they are not guaranteed (there are something like 300 x 3 services places), but I am a big fan of that path.
Back to the question.
Among small colleges, Wesleyan stands out for its near constant media footprint due to - The Wesleyan Media Project - which tracks political ad placements and expenditures:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/unprecedented-spending-for-2020-political-ads?utm_source=&utm_medium=EMLET&utm_campaign=The+Wesleyan+Connection+NOV+4(2287205