Best Universities for Political Science in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Political Science. A graph of 310M citations received by 18.3M academic papers made by 6,606 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

3. Stanford University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

5. University of Toronto

For Political Science

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

6. University of Oxford

For Political Science

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

7. Columbia University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

9. University of Washington - Seattle

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

10. University of Chicago

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

11. Yale University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

12. Cornell University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

13. University of Pennsylvania

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

14. University of California - Los Angeles

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

15. New York University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

16. University of Cambridge

For Political Science

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

17. Pennsylvania State University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

18. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

19. Johns Hopkins University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

20. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

21. University of British Columbia

For Political Science

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

22. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

23. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

24. Ohio State University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

25. University of Melbourne

For Political Science

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

26. University of Sydney

For Political Science

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

27. University of Texas at Austin

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

28. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

29. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Political Science

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
9,218
Founded
1895

31. University of Southern California

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

32. Princeton University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

33. Catholic University of Leuven

For Political Science

#6 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

34. Michigan State University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

35. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

37. University of Maryland - College Park

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

38. University of Amsterdam

For Political Science

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

39. Duke University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

40. Carnegie Mellon University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

41. University of Sao Paulo

For Political Science

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

42. University of Queensland

For Political Science

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

43. University of Pittsburgh

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

44. University of Virginia

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

45. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

46. Monash University

For Political Science

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

47. University of California-San Diego

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

48. University of New South Wales

For Political Science

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

49. University of Arizona

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

50. University of Florida

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

51. McGill University

For Political Science

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

52. Australian National University

For Political Science

#6 in Oceania
#6 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
1946

53. University of Hong Kong

For Political Science

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

54. University of Ottawa

For Political Science

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

55. University of California - San Francisco

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

56. University of Bristol

For Political Science

#9 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

57. Northwestern University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

58. University of Liege

For Political Science

#10 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
25,421
Founded
1817

59. University of Edinburgh

For Political Science

#11 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

60. University of California - Davis

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

61. University of Alberta

For Political Science

#5 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

62. Boston University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

63. National University of Singapore

For Political Science

#2 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

66. University of Montreal

For Political Science

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
66,972
Founded
1878

68. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

69. University of Warwick

For Political Science

#15 in Europe
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

70. McMaster University

For Political Science

#7 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

72. Utrecht University

For Political Science

#17 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

73. Imperial College London

For Political Science

#18 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

74. University of California - Irvine

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

75. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

76. Georgetown University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

77. Washington University in St Louis

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

78. Emory University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

79. University of Iowa

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

80. Vanderbilt University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

81. University of Copenhagen

For Political Science

#19 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

83. University of Zurich

For Political Science

#21 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

84. University of Utah

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

85. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Political Science

#22 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

86. George Washington University

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

87. University of Calgary

For Political Science

#8 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

88. University of Rochester

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

89. Western University

For Political Science

#9 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

90. University of London

For Political Science

#23 in Europe
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

91. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

92. York University

For Political Science

#10 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

93. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

94. Tsinghua University

For Political Science

#3 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

95. Peking University

For Political Science

#4 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

96. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

97. University of Southampton

For Political Science

#24 in Europe
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

98. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Political Science

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

99. University of Sussex

For Political Science

#25 in Europe
Enrollment
17,319
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1961

100. University of York

For Political Science

#26 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963