100 Best Political Science schools in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Political Science. A graph of 131M citations received by 5.34M academic papers made by 1,596 universities in the United States 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

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Political Science

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

3. Stanford University

For Political Science

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Political Science

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

5. Columbia University

For Political Science

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

6. University of Washington - Seattle

For Political Science

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

7. University of Chicago

For Political Science

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

8. Yale University

For Political Science

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

9. Cornell University

For Political Science

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

10. University of Pennsylvania

For Political Science

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

11. University of California - Los Angeles

For Political Science

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

12. New York University

For Political Science

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

13. Pennsylvania State University

For Political Science

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

14. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Political Science

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

15. Johns Hopkins University

For Political Science

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

16. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Political Science

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

17. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Political Science

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

18. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Political Science

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

19. Ohio State University

For Political Science

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

20. University of Texas at Austin

For Political Science

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

21. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Political Science

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

22. University of Southern California

For Political Science

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

23. Princeton University

For Political Science

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

24. Michigan State University

For Political Science

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

25. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Political Science

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

26. University of Maryland - College Park

For Political Science

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

27. Duke University

For Political Science

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

28. Carnegie Mellon University

For Political Science

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

29. University of Pittsburgh

For Political Science

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

30. University of Virginia

For Political Science

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

31. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Political Science

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

32. University of California-San Diego

For Political Science

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

33. University of Arizona

For Political Science

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

34. University of Florida

For Political Science

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

35. University of California - San Francisco

For Political Science

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

36. Northwestern University

For Political Science

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

37. University of California - Davis

For Political Science

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

38. Boston University

For Political Science

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

39. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Political Science

#68 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

40. University of California - Irvine

For Political Science

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

41. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Political Science

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

42. Georgetown University

For Political Science

#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

43. Washington University in St Louis

For Political Science

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

44. Emory University

For Political Science

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

45. University of Iowa

For Political Science

#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

46. Vanderbilt University

For Political Science

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

47. University of Utah

For Political Science

#84 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

48. George Washington University

For Political Science

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

49. University of Rochester

For Political Science

#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

50. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Political Science

#91 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

51. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Political Science

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

52. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Political Science

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

53. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Political Science

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

54. Florida State University

For Political Science

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

55. George Mason University

For Political Science

#104 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

56. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Political Science

#113 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

57. University of Notre Dame

For Political Science

#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

58. University of Georgia

For Political Science

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

59. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Political Science

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

60. University of Kentucky

For Political Science

#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

61. Iowa State University

For Political Science

#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

62. University of Colorado Boulder

For Political Science

#127 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

63. Purdue University

For Political Science

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

64. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Political Science

#132 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

65. University of South Florida

For Political Science

#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

66. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Political Science

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

67. University of Miami

For Political Science

#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

68. Case Western Reserve University

For Political Science

#144 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

69. University of Kansas

For Political Science

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

70. Boston College

For Political Science

#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,559

71. Temple University

For Political Science

#149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,575
Enrollment
33,196

72. Georgia State University

For Political Science

#151 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
95%

73. University at Buffalo

For Political Science

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

74. Brown University

For Political Science

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

75. Providence College

For Political Science

#167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

76. University of Connecticut

For Political Science

#168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

77. Syracuse University

For Political Science

#170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

78. Dartmouth College

For Political Science

#171 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

79. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Political Science

#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

80. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Political Science

#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1374
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,521

81. Wayne State University

For Political Science

#190 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

82. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Political Science

#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

83. University of Cincinnati

For Political Science

#196 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

84. Tufts University

For Political Science

#198 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

85. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Political Science

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

86. University of Delaware

For Political Science

#204 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

87. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Political Science

#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

88. University of Houston

For Political Science

#214 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

89. American University in Washington

For Political Science

#221 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$41,369

90. California Institute of Technology

For Political Science

#230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

91. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Political Science

#234 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

92. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Political Science

#236 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

93. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Political Science

#238 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

94. SUNY at Albany

For Political Science

#242 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

95. Stony Brook University

For Political Science

#244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

96. University of Central Florida

For Political Science

#248 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

97. University of Alabama

For Political Science

#254 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
87%

98. University of New Mexico

For Political Science

#260 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,280

99. California University of Pennsylvania

For Political Science

#267 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$6,250
Enrollment
6,885

100. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Political Science

#268 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

The best cities to study Political Science in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Cambridge, Ann Arbor, Stanford, and Berkeley.