Political Science
Ranked in 2009
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.
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Rank
College name
Score
#1
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
4.8
#1
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
4.8
#1
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
4.8
#4
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
4.7
#5
Yale University
New Haven, CT
4.6
#6
University of California--Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
4.5
#7
Columbia University
New York, NY
4.4
#7
University of California--San Diego
La Jolla, CA
4.4
#9
Duke University
Durham, NC
4.2
#9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
4.2
#11
University of California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
4.1
#11
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
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
3.9
#15
University of Wisconsin--Madison
Madison, WI
3.9
#17
New York University
New York, NY
3.8
#17
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
3.8
#17
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
3.8
#20
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
3.7
#21
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
3.5
#21
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
3.5
#21
University of Texas--Austin
Austin, TX
3.5
#24
Texas A&M University--College Station
College Station, TX
3.4
#24
University of California--Davis
Davis, CA
3.4
