100 Best Political Science schools in New York State

For Political Science

#5 in the United States

#6 in North America

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

2. Cornell University

Ithaca

For Political Science

#9 in the United States

#10 in North America

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

3. New York University

For Political Science

#12 in the United States

#13 in North America

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

4. University of Rochester

For Political Science

#49 in the United States

#57 in North America

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

5. University at Buffalo

For Political Science

#73 in the United States

#86 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 86%

6. Syracuse University

For Political Science

#77 in the United States

#91 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $43,651

7. SUNY at Albany

For Political Science

#94 in the United States

#110 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 97%

8. Stony Brook University

Stony Brook

For Political Science

#95 in the United States

#111 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 88%

9. Fordham University

For Political Science

#123 in the United States

#142 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $43,943

10. Binghamton University

Vestal

For Political Science

#125 in the United States

#144 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 80%

11. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Political Science

#126 in the United States

#145 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,253
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1963

12. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Political Science

#139 in the United States

#161 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 8,733
Male:Female: 32:68
Founded: 1961

13. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy

For Political Science

#155 in the United States

#177 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $39,127

14. New School

For Political Science

#173 in the United States

#199 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Net Price: $55,480
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $21,504

15. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Political Science

#180 in the United States

#207 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $9,423
Enrollment: 19,854

16. Hofstra University

Hempstead

For Political Science

#198 in the United States

#227 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $35,036

17. CUNY Hunter College

For Political Science

#202 in the United States

#231 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $9,325
Enrollment: 22,970

18. New York Law School

For Political Science

#204 in the United States

#234 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 1,050
Male:Female: 37:63
Founded: 1891

19. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Political Science

#214 in the United States

#244 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $39,600

20. King's College

For Political Science

#234 in the United States

#265 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $34,192

21. CUNY City College

For Political Science

#239 in the United States

#270 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $9,822
Enrollment: 14,489

22. Pace University

For Political Science

#251 in the United States

#282 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $33,363

23. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Political Science

#260 in the United States

#292 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $9,043
Enrollment: 13,921

24. Yeshiva University

For Political Science

#265 in the United States

#297 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $35,912

25. CUNY Queens College

For Political Science

#267 in the United States

#300 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $7,927
Enrollment: 17,001

26. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Political Science

#268 in the United States

#301 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $9,411
Enrollment: 14,195

27. United States Military Academy

West Point

For Political Science

#283 in the United States

#316 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 30
Enrollment: 4,393

28. Colgate University

Hamilton

For Political Science

#296 in the United States

#332 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,074

29. Rockefeller University

For Political Science

#298 in the United States

#334 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 273
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1901

30. St John's University - New York

For Political Science

#303 in the United States

#339 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $26,052

31. Barnard College

For Political Science

#309 in the United States

#345 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $26,009

32. Long Island University

Brookville

For Political Science

#326 in the United States

#365 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $25,802

33. Adelphi University

Garden City

For Political Science

#327 in the United States

#366 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $26,953

34. Clarkson University

Potsdam

For Political Science

#331 in the United States

#370 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $32,450

35. SUNY Buffalo State

For Political Science

#343 in the United States

#383 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1059
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $10,756

36. New York Medical College

Valhalla

For Political Science

#346 in the United States

#386 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,454
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1860

37. Vassar College

Poughkeepsie

For Political Science

#361 in the United States

#403 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1483
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $30,603

38. State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz

For Political Science

#369 in the United States

#414 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 99%

39. Upstate Medical University

For Political Science

#370 in the United States

#415 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,431
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1834

40. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Political Science

#371 in the United States

#416 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,185
Male:Female: 31:69
Founded: 1860

41. SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport

For Political Science

#378 in the United States

#423 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1155
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 91%

42. Ithaca College

Ithaca

For Political Science

#382 in the United States

#427 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1292
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $35,858

43. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica

For Political Science

#384 in the United States

#429 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $9,497
Enrollment: 2,842

44. Lehman College, CUNY

For Political Science

#395 in the United States

#441 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $10,412
Enrollment: 13,015

45. Union College

Schenectady

For Political Science

#397 in the United States

#443 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $41,136

46. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Political Science

#398 in the United States

#444 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $8,061
Enrollment: 10,248

47. Albany Medical College

For Political Science

#399 in the United States

#445 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 837
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1839

48. Brooklyn Law School

For Political Science

#400 in the United States

#446 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,210
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1901

49. Wagner College

For Political Science

#401 in the United States

#447 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $29,710

50. Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs

For Political Science

#408 in the United States

#454 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Average SAT: 1380
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $33,389

51. Hamilton College

Clinton

For Political Science

#440 in the United States

#487 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1480
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $24,503

52. SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase

For Political Science

#450 in the United States

#497 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 83%

53. Iona College

New Rochelle

For Political Science

#455 in the United States

#502 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,827

54. Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva

For Political Science

#458 in the United States

#505 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1305
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $34,259

55. SUNY Cortland

Cortland

For Political Science

#464 in the United States

#512 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $9,369
Enrollment: 6,690

56. SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo

For Political Science

#476 in the United States

#524 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 93%

57. Canisius College

For Political Science

#482 in the United States

#530 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $19,635

58. Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson

For Political Science

#492 in the United States

#540 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Net Price: $25,214
Receiving Aid: 85%
Average Aid: $53,584

59. Touro College

For Political Science

#507 in the United States

#556 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1324
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $23,960

60. SUNY College at Oswego

Oswego

For Political Science

#510 in the United States

#559 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 99%

61. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh

For Political Science

#513 in the United States

#563 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1155
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 99%

62. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

For Political Science

#515 in the United States

#565 in North America

Receiving Aid: 0%
Enrollment: 329
Male:Female: 13:87

63. SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia

For Political Science

#530 in the United States

#581 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 98%

64. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Political Science

#562 in the United States

#617 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $8,713
Enrollment: 1,976

65. Saint John Fisher College

For Political Science

#572 in the United States

#627 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $28,312

66. St Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure

For Political Science

#573 in the United States

#628 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $26,004

67. Manhattan College

For Political Science

#595 in the United States

#651 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $29,535

68. New York College of Health Professions

Syosset

For Political Science

#603 in the United States

#661 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $37,109
Receiving Aid: 60%
Average Aid: $3,347

69. SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta

For Political Science

#612 in the United States

#672 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 89%

70. Marist College

Poughkeepsie

For Political Science

#642 in the United States

#704 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1289
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $39,364

71. Le Moyne College

For Political Science

#648 in the United States

#711 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $23,309

72. CUNY School of Law

For Political Science

#666 in the United States

#729 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 699
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1983

73. SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs

For Political Science

#672 in the United States

#736 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $9,343
Enrollment: 9,407

74. Niagara University

Lewiston

For Political Science

#684 in the United States

#748 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $18,165

75. St Lawrence University

Canton

For Political Science

#698 in the United States

#762 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1325
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $33,283

76. Siena College

Loudonville

For Political Science

#735 in the United States

#801 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1158
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $30,842

77. Alfred University

Alfred

For Political Science

#749 in the United States

#816 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1188
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $26,183

78. Pratt Institute - Main

For Political Science

#762 in the United States

#831 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $47,326

79. Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville

For Political Science

#763 in the United States

#832 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1355
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $42,781

80. Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry

For Political Science

#770 in the United States

#839 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $15,879

81. Albany Law School

For Political Science

#785 in the United States

#854 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 643
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1851

82. CUNY York College

Jamaica

For Political Science

#806 in the United States

#876 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $9,036
Enrollment: 6,446

83. SUNY College at Potsdam

Potsdam

For Political Science

#807 in the United States

#877 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $11,632
Enrollment: 2,427

84. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Political Science

#831 in the United States

#901 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $8,797
Enrollment: 13,087

85. SUNY College at Old Westbury

Old Westbury

For Political Science

#834 in the United States

#904 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1108
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $10,768

86. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Political Science

#843 in the United States

#913 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $34,758
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $6,444

87. New York Chiropractic College

Seneca Falls

For Political Science

#844 in the United States

#914 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 551
Male:Female: 48:52

88. School of Visual Arts

For Political Science

#855 in the United States

#925 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $59,053

89. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Political Science

#890 in the United States

#961 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $29,175

90. SUNY College of Optometry

For Political Science

#900 in the United States

#971 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 409
Male:Female: 24:76
Founded: 1971

91. College of Saint Rose

For Political Science

#902 in the United States

#973 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1115
Net Price: $23,294
Receiving Aid: 99%

92. D'Youville College

For Political Science

#914 in the United States

#985 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1145
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $21,755

93. Utica College

Utica

For Political Science

#929 in the United States

#1001 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1167
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $22,372

94. Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale

For Political Science

#936 in the United States

#1008 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1089
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 75%

95. Daemen College

Amherst

For Political Science

#937 in the United States

#1009 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Net Price: $20,273
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $21,618

96. Nazareth College

For Political Science

#941 in the United States

#1013 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $31,620

97. Hartwick College

Oneonta

For Political Science

#951 in the United States

#1023 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1115
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $22,396

98. Excelsior College

For Political Science

#974 in the United States

#1046 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 15,833
Male:Female: 51:49

99. Manhattanville College

Purchase

For Political Science

#988 in the United States

#1060 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Net Price: $24,702
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,843

100. Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York