<p>so the two majors I'm interested in are sociology and political science. anyone know any schools that are good for these majors? I know University of Chicago is good for sociology, but I live in chicago, and I'm pretty sure I want to go east for school. If I do stay in the midwest, I still think I would want to leave Illinois. and I probably want a school with between 1200-6000 students. any suggestions would be awesome. Thanks!!</p>
<p>What stat range?</p>
<p>Every top LAC, the elites, your state U.</p>
<p>Seriously, most schools have good programs in both of those. It really doesn't matter where you go for undergrad because you're going to have to get a graduate degree to do anything significant in those fields anyway.</p>
<p>Well, at the top of the heap I'd suggest Columbia University (the great sociology scholar Herbert Gans may have retired by now), U of Chicago. Unfortunately, some schools minimized or altogether abandoned their sociology departments a few years ago. I believe that this was the case at Washington University-St. Louis, which had a very famous Sociology Department. See for yourself to confirm.</p>
<p>Northwestern University (top 10 in Sociology and top 20 in Political Science)
University of Chicago (#2 in Sociology and #7 in Political Science)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (#3 in Political Science and #3 in Sociology)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (#1 in Sociology and top 15 in Political Science)
Washington University-St Louis (top 20 in Political Science and top 20 in Sociology)</p>
<p>didn't Chicago invent the field of Sociology? </p>
<p>Almost every top 20 university has an excellent department in Poly Sci and sociology.</p>
<p>Every elite school will give you a great education in both these fields.</p>
<p>What are your eventual career aspirations?</p>
<p>Check out "new school of social sciences" in NYC. Columbia and Yale are good at sociology as well, and most LAC:s (Oberlin is the one I know for sure has a politically aware atmosphere in general), too.</p>
<p>Typically, any school with overall strong academics will have a good sociology/poli sci department. </p>
<p>If you want to go east, try schools like Brandeis, Fordham, Middlebury, Trinity (CT), Richmond, Wesleyan, Bates, etc. Then Hobart & William Smith and Providence wouldn't be bad for safeties.</p>
<p>And in the midwest, Denison?</p>
<p>thanks everyone! that's really comforting to know that I basically have too many options, not too few. </p>
<p>Alexandre- Where did you find those rankings? I've always looked for those list w/ the best schools for different majors, but could never find them</p>
<p>Bowdoin and Holy Cross-2 great LAC's with strong alumni networks. Both are also SAT optional.</p>
<p>"didn't Chicago invent the field of Sociology?"</p>
<p>No..... but it has the oldest department of...</p>
<p>U Chicago is a great school for poli science.</p>