“billnyegirl, International Relations is not offered at Michigan or Northwestern. Both of them offer Political Science, and Michigan’s department in that major is actually ranked a little better (#4) than Northwestern’s (#23), Penn’s (#19), UVa’s (#37) and Georgetown’s (#33)”
Ok, but Georgetown doesn’t have a poly sci major, it’s government, so where is the poly sci ranking coming from?
“It’s like some colleges have depts of Government. Others have Poli Sci. Is there a difference? Do any have both?”
Ok but if you’re going to rank poly sci programs, the college should have a dept in that right? You can’t substitute the nearest major, in this case, government.