Here are a few schools that your family might want to consider:
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Butler (IN): 4500 undergrads in the state capital of Indiana. Depending on what you mean by “not urban” this could work (it’s not like GW or BU).
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Hope (MI): 3100 undergrads. This is part of the Colleges That Change Lives association and has had some very positive reviews here on CC in the past year (Hope’s CTCL profile).
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Loyola Maryland: 3800 undergrads. Again, depending on how “urban” is not desired, this is another possibility, and it has good proximity to the nation’s capital for special events.
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Siena (NY): 3500 undergrads. And in political season, I hear a lot of the “In the Times/Siena poll…” Poli Sci and econ appear to be two of its biggest departments.
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SUNY at Albany: 13k undergrads and offers both political science and public policy majors (and a large econ department). This school is in a suburb of New York’s capital.
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SUNY Geneseo: 4500 undergrads. Your son’s interests are well-represented here and is likely to have a bit more of an intimate experience that at bigger state schools.
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College of New Jersey: 7k undergrads. A few miles away from New Jersey’s state capital, but not what I would consider an urban school. Some call it a suitcase school, but others argue that it’s not.
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U. of Nebraska – Lincoln: 20k undergrads. If your son decides he wants to leave the state but not go too far, this flagship is in Nebraska’s state capital but isn’t as big as Madison or Ohio State.
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U. of New Hampshire: 12k undergrads. So long as New Hampshire remains an early primary state, this place could be very interesting for a political science major.
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U. of Denver, already mentioned, I think would be another good choice to consider.