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 |
|---|---|---|
| #19 |
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN |
3.8 |
| #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 |
| #13 |
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
4.0 |
| #13 |
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO |
4.0 |
| #12 |
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
4.1 |
| #10 |
Duke University
Durham, NC |
4.2 |
| #10 |
University of California–Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
4.2 |
| #8 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
4.3 |
| #8 |
University of California–San Diego
La Jolla, CA |
4.3 |
| #7 |
Columbia University
New York, NY |
4.4 |
| #6 |
University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
4.6 |
| #4 |
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
4.7 |
| #4 |
Yale University
New Haven, CT |
4.7 |
| #2 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
4.8 |
| #2 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
4.8 |
| #1 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
4.9 |














