Best Political Science Schools in the US | 2025 Research

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Top 20 Best Political Science Schools in the US List 2025

Looking to study politics or government? Here are the top 20 best political science schools in the US for 2025 with strong programs and career support.

#	School	Location
1	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA
2	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ
3	Stanford University	Stanford, CA
4	Yale University	New Haven, CT
5	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, CA
6	Columbia University	New York, NY
7	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL
8	Duke University	Durham, NC
9	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI
10	Georgetown University	Washington, DC
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA
12	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA
13	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA
14	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL
15	Yale University	(duplicate entry — you might consider substituting another)
16	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD
17	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN
18	Rice University	Houston, TX
19	University of California, San Diego	San Diego, CA
20	Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis, MO