<p>what schools are known for good political science progams?</p>
<p>Schools with an * next to them have the most high-profile programs, which does not always translate to a great undergraduate education, unless one is willing to make the effort.</p>
<p>Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna College
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Emory University
Georgetown University (especially International Relations)
Harvard University *
Haverford College
Macalester College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Middlebury College
Pomona College
Princeton University *
Stanford University *
University of California-Berkeley *
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor *
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Texas-Austin
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Yale University *</p>
<p>I thought Santa Clara had a pretty good one too...</p>
<p>I'd put a * after Columbia, too.</p>
<p>"A Global Ranking of Political Science Departments" (February 2003).</p>
<p>The study was conducted by Dr. Simon Hix at LSE, and results were published in the report </p>
<p>Bowdoin College's Department of Government and Legal Studies has been ranked the top small college political science department in the world in a study conducted at the London School of Economics and Political Science.</p>
<p>Hix's report lists the top 200 departments from colleges and universities worldwide. Bowdoin ranks 123 on the full list, but is the top college named.</p>
<p>The top five on the list are Harvard University, Stanford University, Columbia University, Yale University, and UCLA</p>
<p>I would have to say Columbia University.</p>
<p>Ohio State got a very good score in a recent LSE world ranking...</p>