<p>Hey guys! I've been thinking about declaring a political science -- international relations major. Which UC do you think would best fulfill my college education with this particular major? I'm expecting to get CAL comments since it is #1 for almost everything major possible. What are some alternatives? I plan on attending UCSD and their Poli Sci department appears to be ranked towards the top. I checked out UCI's PS department and they claim to be ranked 29th.</p>
<p>Forgive me for the numerous amounts of typo's but it's 5am and I have CAL on my mind :p</p>
<p>theyre all ready top notch. UCSD, UC-Irvine are known for poli sci but UCLA and Cal are excellent as well.</p>
<p>Most people consider the undergraduate programs to fairly similar, even moreso along each of tiers of schools. In terms of graduate programs, here's the rankings:</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard University</li>
<li>Stanford University</li>
<li>University of Michigan--Ann Arbor</li>
<li>Princeton University</li>
<li>University of California--Berkeley
Yale University</li>
<li>University of California--San Diego</li>
<li>Duke University
University of Chicago
<ol>
<li>Columbia University (NY)
Massachusettes Institute of Technology
University of California--Los Angeles</li>
</ol></li>
</ol>
<p>UCLA's Grad program is ranked that low? I thought it was at least a step below CAL. I know UCLA's Law school is one of the hardest to get into. I'm surprised to see UCSD's Grad program is ranked higher than UCLA's. Why is that?</p>
<p>well seeing how UCLA is 2 stops lower in a ranking that uses a specific methodology that may or may not measure the quality of a school, id say UCLA is more than comparable with UCSD, perhaps even better. Remember, these rankings should be used to give you an IDEA, not to create rigid generalizations. And those are grad school rankings anyways...</p>