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Colleges with Excellent Political Science Programs

Most liberal arts and sciences schools offer courses in political science...after all, it's a core subject. But where can you find poli sci departments that go beyond the basics? The following colleges offer programs that are worth a second look.

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• London School of Economics (United Kingdom)
• American University (Washington, DC)
• Beloit College (Beloit, WI)
• Brandeis University (Waltham, MA)
• Catholic University of America (Washington, DC)
• Chatham University (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, CA)
• Clark University (Worcester, MA)
• Columbia University (New York, NY)
• DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
• Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)
• Earlham College (Richmond, IN)
• Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
• Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (New York, NY)
• George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
• Georgetown University (Washington, DC)
• Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
• Goddard College (Plainfield, VT)
• Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA)
• Guilford College (Greensboro, NC)
• Hampshire College (Amherst, MA)
• Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
• Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY)
• Hope College (Holland, MI)
• Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
• Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
• James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)
• Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR)
• Macalester College (St. Paul, MN)
• Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
• Mills College (Oakland, CA)
• Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ)
• Ohio State University — Columbus (Columbus, OH)
• Pennsylvania State University — University Park (University Park, PA)
• Pitzer College (Claremont, CA)
• Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
• Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT)
• SUNY — Binghamton (Binghamton, NY)
• Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
• Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
• Suffolk University (Boston, MA)
• Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
• The Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA)
• The George Washington University (Washington, DC)
• Tufts University (Medford, MA)
• University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
• University of Denver (Denver, CO)
• University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
• University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
• University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, CAN)
• University of Wisconsin — Madison (Madison, WI)
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
• Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
• Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)