U. S. News: Best Political Science Schools

 

Ranked in 2021

Political science is a discipline that combines history, current events and analysis. Graduate students are often able to specialize in a certain area of politics. These are the best political science programs. Each school's score reflects its average rating on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding), based on a survey of academics at peer institutions.

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/political-science-rankings

 

Stanford University Stanford, CA #1 in Political Science Save	4.9
Harvard University Cambridge, MA #2 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.8
Princeton University Princeton, NJ #2 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.8
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA #4 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.7
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI #4 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.7
Yale University New Haven, CT #6 in Political Science Save	4.6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA #7 in Political Science Save	4.5
Columbia University New York, NY #8 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.4
University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA #8 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.4
Duke University Durham, NC #10 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.3
University of Chicago Chicago, IL #10 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.3
University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA #12 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.2
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill , NC #12 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.2
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO #12 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.2
Cornell University Ithaca, NY #15 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.0
New York University New York, NY #15 in Political Science (tie) Save	4.0