Political Science

Ranked in 2013 | Political Science Rankings Methodology

For graduate students, political science is an area that combines history, current events, and analysis. Students are often able to specialize their degree to a certain area of politics. These are the best political science schools.

Rank	School name	Score
#1	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	4.9
#2	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	4.8
#2	Stanford University Stanford, CA	4.8
#4	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	4.7
#4	Yale University New Haven, CT	4.7
#6	University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA	4.6
#7	Columbia University New York, NY	4.4
#8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	4.3
#8	University of California–San Diego La Jolla, CA	4.3
#10	Duke University Durham, NC	4.2
#10	University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	4.2
#12	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	4.1
#13	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	4.0
#13	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	4.0
#15	New York University New York, NY	3.9
#15	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	3.9
#15	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	3.9
#15	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI	3.9
#19	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	3.8
#19	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	3.8
#21	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	3.6
#21	University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX	3.6
#23	University of California–Davis Davis, CA	3.5
#23	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	3.5
#25	Emory University Atlanta, GA	3.4

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