Political Science
(Ranked in 2001*)

Rank/School		Average reputation score (5 = highest)
1.	Harvard University (MA)	4.9
2.	Stanford University (CA)	4.7
	University of California--Berkeley	4.7
	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	4.7
5.	Yale University (CT)	4.6
6.	Princeton University (NJ)	4.5
7.	University of California--San Diego	4.3
8.	Duke University (NC)	4.2
	University of California--Los Angeles	4.2
	University of Chicago	4.2
11.	Columbia University (NY)	4.0
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	4.0
	University of Rochester (NY)	4.0
	University of Wisconsin--Madison	4.0
15.	Ohio State University--Columbus	3.9
	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	3.9
	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	3.9
18.	Indiana University--Bloomington	3.7
	Washington University in St. Louis	3.7
20.	Cornell University (NY)	3.6
	Northwestern University (IL)	3.6
22.	Michigan State University	3.5
23.	SUNY--Stony Brook	3.4
	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign	3.4
	University of Texas--Austin	3.4
	University of Washington	3.4
27.	Johns Hopkins University (MD)	3.3
	University of Iowa	3.3
29.	University of California--Irvine	3.2
	University of Maryland--College Park	3.2
31.	Emory University (GA)	3.1
	Rice University (TX)	3.1
	Texas A&M University--College Station	3.1
34.	New York University	3.0
	University of Arizona	3.0
	University of California--Davis	3.0
	University of Virginia	3.0
38.	Florida State University	2.9
	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	2.9
	Rutgers State University--New Brunswick (NJ)	2.9
	University of Colorado--Boulder	2.9
42.	Georgetown University (DC)	2.8
	Syracuse University (NY)	2.8
	Vanderbilt University (TN)	2.8
45.	Brown University (RI)	2.7
	Claremont Graduate School (CA)	2.7
	George Washington University (DC)	2.7
	University of Pittsburgh	2.7
49.	Arizona State University	2.6
	University of California--Santa Barbara	2.6
	University of Georgia	2.6
	University of Houston--Main Campus	2.6
	University of Kansas	2.6
	University of Notre Dame (IN)	2.6
	University of Pennsylvania	2.6
	University of South Carolina--Columbia	2.6
57.	Brandeis University (MA)	2.5
	University of Florida	2.5
	University of Kentucky	2.5
	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	2.5
	University of Nebraska--Lincoln	2.5
	University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee	2.5

*This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.