Best Political Science Schools

 

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

 

 

Harvard University

 

Cambridge, MA

#2 in Political Science (tie)

 

 

Princeton University

 

Princeton, NJ

#2 in Political Science (tie)

 

 

University of California--Berkeley

 

Berkeley, CA

#4 in Political Science (tie)

 

 

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

#4 in Political Science (tie)

 

 

Yale University

New Haven, CT

#6 in Political Science

 

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

#7 in Political Science

 

 

Columbia University

New York, NY

#8 in Political Science (tie)

 

 

University of California--San Diego

La Jolla, CA

#8 in Political Science (tie)

 

Duke University

 

Durham, NC

 

#10 in Political Science (tie)

 

 

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

#10 in Political Science (tie)