<p>What are the best schools for a political science major that fit this requirement- a school that is not very liberal and is not a big party school. Doesn't have to have a religious affiliation. Wouldn't mind traveling far from home considering I am from the Midwest.</p>
<p>GW
Georgetown
American
Boston College
Northeastern University
George Mason
UVA</p>
<p>The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor has arguably the best PS department in the country. Below are the rankings of the top PS departments according to the USNWR. Those are graduate rankings, but as you can see, you have plenty of great options in your neighbourhood. </p>
<h1>1 Harvard</h1>
<h1>1 Princeton</h1>
<h1>1 Stanford</h1>
<h1>4 Michigan-Ann Arbor *</h1>
<h1>5 Yale</h1>
<h1>6 UC-Berkeley</h1>
<h1>7 Columbia</h1>
<h1>7 UC-San Diego</h1>
<h1>9 Duke</h1>
<h1>9 MIT</h1>
<h1>11 Chicago *</h1>
<h1>11 UCLA</h1>
<h1>13 UNC-Chapel Hill</h1>
<h1>13 Washington U-St Louis *</h1>
<h1>15 Rochester</h1>
<h1>15 Wisconsin-Madison *</h1>
<h1>17 NYU</h1>
<h1>17 Minnesota-Twin Cities *</h1>
<h1>17 Ohio State *</h1>
<h1>20 Cornell</h1>
<h1>21 Northwestern *</h1>
<h1>21 Texas-Austin</h1>
<h1>21 UIUC *</h1>
<h1>24 Texas A&M</h1>
<h1>24 UC-Davis</h1>
<h1>26 Indiana-Bloomington *</h1>
<h1>26 Washington-Seatte</h1>
<h1>28 Emory</h1>
<h1>28 Maryland-College Park</h1>
<h1>28 Michigan State *</h1>
<h1>28 Penn</h1>
<h1>28 Penn State-University Park</h1>