Poli sci school rankings, survey of field

A thorough survey of more than 1,000 political science professors and/or researchers offers some insight on the ideologies, methodologies, journal preferences, school preferences, individuals who professors view as important in the field, and other topics.

The respondents list the institutions they believe to be the best place for Ph.D study for an academic career (p. 25) and the best place for M.A. study for policy work (p. 26).

The survey was conducted by three researchers from the College of William and Mary, and you can download the results pdf here.


UPDATE: Here are some political science grad school rankings from the US News & World Report folks:

Political Science (Ph.D.)
Ranked in 2005*

Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0 = highest)
1. Harvard University (MA) 5.0
2. Stanford University (CA) 4.9
3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.8
4. Princeton University (NJ) 4.7
5. University of California–Berkeley 4.6
Yale University (CT) 4.6
7. University of California–San Diego 4.4
8. Duke University (NC) 4.3
University of Chicago 4.3
10. Columbia University (NY) 4.2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.2
University of California–Los Angeles 4.2
13. Ohio State University 4.0
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 4.0
University of Rochester (NY) 4.0
16. University of Wisconsin–Madison 3.9
Washington University in St. Louis 3.9
18. Cornell University (NY) 3.8
New York University 3.8
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.8
21. Northwestern University (IL) 3.6
22. Michigan State University 3.4
Texas A&M University–College Station 3.4
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 3.4
25. Indiana University–Bloomington 3.3
University of Iowa 3.3
University of Texas–Austin 3.3
University of Washington 3.3
29. Emory University (GA) 3.2
Rice University (TX) 3.2
SUNY–Stony Brook 3.2
University of California–Davis 3.2
University of Maryland–College Park 3.2
University of Pennsylvania 3.2
35. Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.1
University of California–Irvine 3.1
37. Florida State University 3.0
Johns Hopkins University (MD) 3.0
University of Arizona 3.0
University of Virginia 3.0
41. Georgetown University (DC) 2.9
George Washington University (DC) 2.9
Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) 2.9
University of Notre Dame (IN) 2.9
University of Pittsburgh 2.9
46. Brown University (RI) 2.8
University of Colorado–Boulder 2.8
48. Arizona State University 2.6
Claremont Graduate School (CA) 2.6
Syracuse University (NY) 2.6
University of California–Santa Barbara 2.6
University of Florida 2.6
Vanderbilt University (TN) 2.6
54. University of Georgia 2.5
University of Kansas 2.5
University of South Carolina–Columbia 2.5
University of Southern California 2.5
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee