Ranking Political Science Departments

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<p>I would like to know the top ten graduate political science departments (public policy and government included) in the nation. This does not include amount of education for value, nor does it include setting. I am talking about performance, professors, prestige, and job output. Here is my list.</p>

<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>University of Michigan</li>
<li>Oxford</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
</ol>

<p>Give your suggestions or amendments! If you can’t name ten, go for five or three.</p>

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<p>Here (according to the 2004 USNews rankings, are the top 10 Public Policy/Public Affairs schools:</p>

<ol>
<li>Syracuse University (Maxwell) (NY) 4.6</li>
<li>Harvard University (KSG) (MA) 4.5</li>
<li>Indiana University--Bloomington 4.2
University of Georgia 4.2</li>
<li>Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson) (NJ) 4.1
University of California--Berkeley 4.1</li>
<li>University of Southern California 4.0</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 3.9
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 3.9</li>
<li>American University (DC) 3.8
Duke University (NC) 3.8
George Washington University (DC) 3.8
SUNY--Albany 3.8
University of Kansas 3.8
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill 3.8
University of Texas--Austin 3.8</li>
</ol>

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<p>And here is USNews' ranking of the top 10 graduate programs in Political Science:</p>

<ol>
<li>Harvard University (MA) 4.9</li>
<li>Stanford University (CA) 4.7
University of California–Berkeley 4.7
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.7</li>
<li>Yale University (CT) 4.6</li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ) 4.5</li>
<li>University of California–San Diego 4.3</li>
<li>Duke University (NC) 4.2
University of California–Los Angeles 4.2
University of Chicago 4.2</li>
</ol>