<p>Foreign</a> Policy: Inside the Ivory Tower</p>
<p>"Who’s at the Top of the Class? </p>
<p>Dramatic changes in the ranking of leading IR programs are rare. This year’s [2008] findings provide no exception; the perennial powers stay on top. </p>
<p>For the top two seats in all three categories—Ph.D., master’s, and undergraduate programs—Harvard and Princeton, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins, and Harvard and Princeton, respectively, maintained their slots. But that’s not to say nothing changed: Stanford unseated Columbia’s doctoral program and climbed to the No. 3 slot. In the undergraduate ranking, Yale took the No. 3 spot from Stanford. "</p>
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<p>Scholars in the field were asked to select the top five programs in the country. The rankings were compiled from those responses with the scores indicating the percentage of scholars who felt each program was one of those top five.</p>
<p>2008 Top Undergraduate Programs in International Relations</p>
<p>Rank % Score </p>
<p>21%----------Harvard
16%----------Princeton
12%----------Georgetown, Stanford, Yale
11%----------Columbia
7%-----------U. of Chicago
5%-----------Dartmouth</p>
<p>2008 Top PhD Programs in International Relations</p>
<p>Rank % Score </p>
<p>66%----------Harvard
50%----------Princeton
45%----------Stanford
37%----------Columbia
26%----------Yale
24%----------U. of Chicago
19%----------Berkeley
16%----------U. of Michigan</p>
<p>For those interested in more information about the study of international relations and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, see:</p>
<p>Woodrow</a> Wilson School of Public and International Affairs | Home</p>