<p>Okay, so having Political Science as your intended major is harder than I first realized.
why? > because pretty much every college/university offers it, so that makes the possibilities overwhelmingly endless</p>
<p>*-Does anyone know any schools known for their Political Science or Social Science Programs?</p>
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<blockquote> <p>or even if they're not well, known, but just have an amazing Political Science Program</p> </blockquote>
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<p>American, Goegreotwn, and George Washington are all in the DC area, hence they attract great professors, guest speakers and internship oppurtunities.</p>
<p>Ohio State is good too.</p>
<p>berkeley 10 char</p>
<p>Number of PhDs per 1000 graduates<br>
Academic field: Political Science and Government</p>
<p>PhDs and Doctoral Degrees:
ten years (1994 to 2003) from NSF database</p>
<p>Number of Undergraduates:
ten years (1989 to 1998) from IPEDS database<br>
Note: Does not include colleges with fewer than 1000 graduates over the ten year period<br>
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<p>1 Swarthmore College 10
2 Haverford College 8
3 Princeton University 8
4 Pomona College 7
5 Harvard University 7
6 University of Chicago 7
7 Oberlin College 7
8 Williams College 7
9 Reed College 7
10 Wesleyan University 6
11 Bryn Mawr College 6
12 University of the South 5
13 Whitman College 5
14 Amherst College 5
15 Yale University 5
16 College of Wooster 5
17 Stanford University 5
18 Georgetown University 5
19 Claremont McKenna College 5
20 Carleton College 5
21 Smith College 4
22 Middlebury College 4
23 Franklin and Marshall College 4
24 Tougaloo College 4
25 Wellesley College 4
26 Occidental College 4
27 Brown University 4
28 Lawrence University 4
29 Harvey Mudd College 4
30 U. S. Coast Guard Academy 4
31 Earlham College 4
32 Kenyon College 4
33 Knox College 4
34 Brandeis University 4
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<p>Percentage of total grads getting PhDs
in Social Science fields </p>
<p>PhDs and Doctoral Degrees:
ten years (1994 to 2003) from NSF database </p>
<p>Number of Undergraduates:
ten years (1989 to 1998) from IPEDS database</p>
<p>Note: Does not include colleges with fewer than 1000 graduates over the ten year period</p>
<p>Note: Includes all NSF doctoral degrees inc. PhD, Divinity, etc., but not M.D. or Law. </p>
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<p>1 7.1% Swarthmore College
2 6.0% Bryn Mawr College
3 5.4% Pomona College
4 5.0% Reed College
5 4.8% Wesleyan University
6 4.8% Grinnell College
7 4.8% Yale University
8 4.7% University of Chicago
9 4.7% Oberlin College
10 4.6% Carleton College
11 4.5% Haverford College
12 4.3% Harvard University
13 4.3% Williams College
14 3.7% Wellesley College
15 3.7% Princeton University
16 3.6% Brown University
17 3.6% Vassar College
18 3.5% Amherst College
19 3.5% Macalester College
20 3.4% Barnard College
21 3.3% Brandeis University
22 3.2% Smith College
23 3.2% Hampshire College
24 3.2% Stanford University
25 3.0% Beloit College
26 2.8% Earlham College
27 2.8% St John's College (both campus)
28 2.7% Kalamazoo College
29 2.6% Clark University
30 2.6% Scripps College
31 2.6% Columbia University in the City of New York
32 2.6% Mount Holyoke College
33 2.5% Trinity University
34 2.5% Bard College
35 2.5% Duke University
36 2.5% Drew University
37 2.4% Bowdoin College
38 2.4% Kenyon College
39 2.4% Pitzer College
40 2.3% Rice University
41 2.3% Davidson College
42 2.3% Dartmouth College
43 2.3% Franklin and Marshall College
44 2.3% Whitman College
45 2.3% Hamilton College
46 2.3% Sarah Lawrence College
47 2.2% Tufts University
48 2.2% Bates College
49 2.2% Rhodes College
50 2.2% Spelman College
51 2.2% Antioch University, All Campuses
52 2.2% Occidental College
53 2.1% Knox College
54 2.1% Georgetown University
55 2.1% College of Wooster
56 2.1% Bennington College
57 2.1% University of Pennsylvania
58 2.0% Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL)
59 2.0% University of California-Berkeley
60 2.0% Cornell University, All Campuses
61 2.0% Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
62 2.0% College of William and Mary
63 2.0% Agnes Scott College
64 2.0% Southwestern University
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<p>Georgetown, American, George Washington, Howard, Claremont McKenna, Ohio State, UVA, University of Maryland..to name a few.</p>
<p>I think you can get solid polisci instruction at a lot of different places. But for an overall experience, I'd look at location and the ammount of political activity on campus. Being in DC or a state capital adds a lot IMO because there's simply more politics around you. While politics does indeed happen everywhere, it's much more interesting on the state and national level.</p>
<p>Columbiaaa :)</p>
<p>Politics is an extraordinarily broad field. Do you have any idea of an area of concentration? Common divisions are theoretical, comparative, American/domestic, international affairs, political economy..</p>
<p>While some schools will obviously have stronger Poli Sci departments than others, it's one of those disciplines where pretty much any top school will have a good program. DC schools are good if you want to work in Washington, but don't feel the need to limit yourself to that area.</p>
<p>None of the DC universities have a top 30 Political Science department. Top schools for Political and Social Science include Cal, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Michigan, Northwestern, Penn, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA, Wisconsin and Yale...to name a few. Many LACs are also stellar in Political and Social Science.</p>