Good Undergraduate programs in Economics and Political Science

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm planning to double major in Economics and Political Science. Do you know of schools that are good in both careers?.. However, I'm interested in schools that do not relate economics with bussiness.</p>

<p>Thanks for your help.</p>

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<p>Duke, Yale, Princeton, and Penn.</p>

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<p>There was a recent thread on this:

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<p>Duke, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Davidson, Colgate.</p>

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<p>According to the following published paper, the following schools are also very good in political science… take it with a grain of salt though.</p>

<p>JHU(28th in the world)
Emory (30th in the world)
UNC-Chapel Hill(35th in the world) </p>

<p>Remember, these are ranked higher within the US … the paper also includes international universities.</p>

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<p>THAT IS VERY FUNNY!!! what do you think iseephoies does par72 have a kid a HC and duke?</p>

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<p>^i wonder about that too…lots of schools are considered better than what par72 listed.</p>

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<p>Any top schools will have strong programs in both.</p>

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Par is a Holy Cross alum and is responsible for, I am firmly convinced, no less than 50% of the applications to that college. </p>

<p>Obviously his list is not exclusive. You’ll note, however, that virtually all of the schools he recommended were also on Alexandre’s list.</p>

<p>No need to call him out. Holy Cross is an excellent school often overlooked on these boards, and [other</a> posters](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063108487-post4.html]other”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063108487-post4.html) are equally shameless about spreading their enthusiasm about their alma maters.</p>

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<p>LOL. I made a list. Didn’t realize I was noticed :D.</p>

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<p>Congratulations modestmelody-- I see your still being modest…you are noticed! LOL</p>

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<p>There are many schools with great political science and economics programs, to be specific I will just listed the schools I’ve applied to:
University of Iowa
University of Arizona
University of Michigan
University of Illinois
University of Minnesota
George Washington University
Boston University
and more…</p>

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<p>Based on Alexader’s post, here’s the best schools for your chosen majors:</p>

<p>Harvard (top 5 in both)
Princeton (top 5 in both)
Stanford (top 5 in both)</p>

<p>MIT (top 5 in Econ, top 10 in Political Science)
Chicago (top 5 in Econ, top 10 in Political Science)</p>

<p>UC Berkeley (top 5 in Political Science, top 10 in Econ)
Yale University (top 5 in Political Science, top 10 in Econ)
Michigan-Ann Arbor (top 5 in Political Science, top 10 in Econ)</p>

<p>Columbia (top 10 in both)</p>

<p>UPenn (top 10 in Econ, top 20 in Political Science)
Northwestern (top 10 in Econ, top 20 in Political Science)
NYU (top 10 in Econ, top 20 in Political Science)</p>

<p>But it’s obvious that that ranking was grad education influenced. So, in addition to that list, most if not all top schools that aren’t in the super elite list are also excellent for econ and polsci.</p>

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You forgot to include the opposite in your “super elite” list. ;)</p>

<p>UCSD top 10 in Political Science, top 20 in Economics
Duke top 10 in Political Science, top 20 in Economics</p>

<p>Of course, as you say, nit-picking to this degree is a bit ridiculous. There is no measurable difference among the top 20-30 programs, and most top schools will have strong programs. I usually say that this is a backwards way to choose a college; choosing fit factors, making a tentative list, and then evaluating program strength has always seemed a more suitable approach.</p>

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<p>thanks to everyone!</p>

<p>I have a question… what do you think about BC, BU, Vassar, Manhattanville, Wheaton and Wesleyan?</p>