top schools for undergrad political science

<p>i want to apply to colleges under political science or international relations. what schools have good undergrad programs? (excluding georgetown)</p>

<p>Columbia, if you’re undecided between the two, or wish to pursue both.</p>

<p>claremont mckenna</p>

<p>All of the Ivies have psci and IR programs that are good in one way or another. My personal favorite was Penn.</p>

<p>Amongst Public institutions the offer excellent polsci and/or IR programs are: UC Berkeley, Michigan, UCLA, Virginia, Wisconsin and Texas-Austin.</p>

<p>I don’t hesitate to throw Rhodes into these poli sci conversations based on the performance of the mock trial teams.</p>

<p>If you actually want a career in political science or IR, that is you want to work in a think tank, be a Presidential management fellow, a foreign service, NSA or CIA officer, or an FBI/DEA/Homeland security type, (rather than pursue a “standard” career in academia or law),Georgetown is by far and away the school of choice. GU dominates in all these areas.</p>

<p>The top ten future PoliSci PhDs producers (consider only if you think this means they offer good undergrad prep):</p>

<p>Swarthmore, Haverford, Reed, Princeton, Pomona, Oberlin, Harvard, UChicago, Wesleyan, Bryn Mawr.</p>