US News and World Reports Graduate School Rankings in Political Science.
School Name 2000 Rank 2002 Rank Change
Penn State 51 38 13
Columbia U 18 11 7
George Washington U 51 45 6
U of CA, Davis 39 34 5
U of Washington 27 23 4
U of CA, San Diego 10 7 3
U of Wisconsin, Madison 14 11 3
Ohio State U 18 15 3
Rice U 34 31 3
Texas A&M U 34 31 3
Vanderbilt U 45 42 3
Stanford U 4 2 2
UCLA 10 8 2
Washintgon U (MO) 20 18 2
SUNY-Stony Brook 25 23 2
U of Texas 25 23 2
U of CA, Irvine 31 29 2
Claremont Grad. School 47 45 2
Arizona State U 51 49 2
U of Georgia 51 49 2
U of Kansas 51 49 2
U of Notre Dame 51 49 2
Florida State 39 38 1
Harvard U 1 1 0
U of CA, Berkeley 2 2 0
U of Michigan 2 2 0
Yale U 5 5 0
Princeton U 6 6 0
Duke U 8 8 0
U of Minnesota 15 15 0
Northwestern U 20 20 0
Michigan State U 22 22 0
Johns Hopkins U (MD) 27 27 0
U of Maryland 29 29 0
New York U 34 34 0
U of Chicago 7 8 -1
U of Rochester 10 11 -1
U of IL, Urbana-Champaign 22 23 -1
Emory U (GA) 29 31 -2
U of CA, Santa Barbara 47 49 -2
MA Inst. for Tech. 8 11 -3
Indiana U 15 18 -3
U of Arizona 31 34 -3
U of Virginia 31 34 -3
Georgetown U 39 42 -3
Syracuse U 39 42 -3
Rutgers 34 38 -4
U of Colorado 34 38 -4
U of Houston 45 49 -4
UNC, Chapel Hill 10 15 -5
Cornell U 15 20 -5
U of Iowa 22 27 -5
U of Pittsburgh 39 45 -6
U of Kentucky 51 57 -6
U of Massachusetts 51 57 -6
U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 51 57 -6
U of Pennsylvania 39 49 -10
U of Florida 47 57 -10
U of Southern CA 47 N/A N/A
Brown U N/A 45 N/A
U of South Carolina N/A 49 N/A
Brandeis U N/A 57 N/A
U of Nebraska N/A 57 N/A