Last Updated on January 17, 2023
Best Political Science Schools
Ranked in 2021, part of Best Social Sciences and Humanities 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. Read the methodology »SUMMARY
Here are the best political science graduate programs
- Stanford University
- Harvard University
- Princeton University
- University of California–Berkeley
- University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- Yale University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Columbia University
- University of California–San Diego
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Economics
Program and Specialty rankings
- #1inEconomics (tie)*
- #7inDevelopment Economics (tie)
- #6inEconometrics (tie)
- #9inIndustrial Organization (tie)
- #4inInternational Economics
- #3inLabor Economics (tie)
- #3inMacroeconomics
- #4inMicroeconomics
- #6inPublic Finance (tie)
* Due to the inadvertent omission of a number of schools during the survey period, the doctoral program rankings in economics, including specialties, will be updated in the 2023 edition. The previous rankings have been republished.
Department of Economics Contact Information
004 Fisher Hall, Princeton , NJ 08544-1021
(609) 258-4006
PRINCETON , NJ
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English
Program and Specialty rankings
- #3inEnglish (tie)
- #6in18th Through 20th Century British Literature (tie)
- #4inAfrican-American Literature (tie)
- #9inAmerican Literature After 1865
- #8inAmerican Literature Before 1865 (tie)
- #8inLiterary Criticism and Theory
- #4inMedieval / Renaissance Literature (tie)
Department of English Contact Information
22 McCosh Hall, Princeton , NJ 08544-1014
(609) 258-4061
PRINCETON , NJ
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History
Program and Specialty rankings
- #2inHistory (tie)
- #7inAfrican-American History (tie)
- #4inAsian History (tie)
- #3inCultural History
- #4inEuropean History
- #14inLatin American History (tie)
- #2inModern U.S. History
- #8inU.S. Colonial History (tie)
Department of History Contact Information
129 Dickinson Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544-1017
(609) 258-4159
PRINCETON, NJ
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Political Science
Program and Specialty rankings
- #2inPolitical Science (tie)
- #3inAmerican Politics
- #4inComparative Politics
- #1inInternational Politics
- #3inPolitical Methodology
- #2inPolitical Theory (tie)
Department of Politics Contact Information
130 Corwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544-1012
(609) 258-4760
PRINCETON, NJ
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Psychology
Program and Specialty rankings
Department of Psychology Contact Information
Green Hall, Princeton, NJ 08540-1010
(609) 258-4442
PRINCETON, NJ
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Sociology
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