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
#40 University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

3.0
#15 University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

3.9
#54 University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

2.5
#54 University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

2.5
Rank Not Published University of Tennessee–​Knoxville

Knoxville, TN

N/A
#21 University of Texas–​Austin

Austin, TX

3.6
#76 University of Texas–​Dallas

Richardson, TX

2.2
Rank Not Published University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

N/A
#36 University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

3.1
#28 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

3.3
#15 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

3.9
#61 University of Wisconsin–​Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI

2.4
#36 Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

3.1
#86 Washington State University

Pullman, WA

2.0
#13 Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

4.0
Rank Not Published Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

N/A
Rank Not Published West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

N/A
Rank Not Published Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI

N/A
#4 Yale University

New Haven, CT

4.7

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Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Correcting Dominican University of California's 2011 Admissions Statistics

Dominican misreported its number of applications to U.S. News and other data collectors.

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