Rankings of Undergraduate IR Programs

Colleges & Universities Tufts University
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<p>Tufts is tied at 10 with University of Michigan.</p>

<p>[Foreign</a> Policy: Inside the Ivory Tower](<a href=“http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4685&page=1]Foreign”>http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4685&page=1)</p>

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<p>[UCSD</a> Among Top Universities for International Studies](<a href=“http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/thisweek/2005/oct/10_31_international.asp]UCSD”>http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/thisweek/2005/oct/10_31_international.asp)</p>

<p>Top 10 International Relations Schools for Academic Careers: </p>

<ol>
<li>Harvard University </li>
<li>Columbia University </li>
<li>Stanford University </li>
<li>Princeton University </li>
<li>University of Chicago </li>
<li>Yale University </li>
<li>University of Michigan </li>
<li>University of California, Berkeley </li>
<li>University of California, San Diego </li>
<li>Cornell University </li>
</ol>

<p>Top 10 International Relations Schools for Policy Careers: </p>

<ol>
<li>Johns Hopkins University </li>
<li>Georgetown University </li>
<li>Harvard University </li>
<li>Tufts University </li>
<li>Columbia University </li>
<li>Princeton University </li>
<li>George Washington University </li>
<li>American University </li>
<li>Syracuse University </li>
<li>University of California, San Diego </li>
</ol>

<p>Rankings vary but from what I have read in most places, Tufts is overall in the Top 5 for IR.</p>

<p>If you want more information on this, there is a thread about IR programs on CC. Here is the link:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/other-college-majors/503437-ranking-undergraduate-international-relations-programs-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/other-college-majors/503437-ranking-undergraduate-international-relations-programs-2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Do schools like Chicago, Harvard, and Princeton even have IR majors? I thought they have programs in the field but only as concentrations within government and political science majors.</p>

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<p>The 2006 Gourman Report published by Princeton Review (last one published) ranked Tuft’s undergraduate IR program an No.1 in the nation!</p>

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<p>According to Foreign Policy, here’s the rankings for undergraduate programs in IR:</p>

<ol>
<li> Harvard</li>
<li> Princeton</li>
<li> Yale </li>
<li> Stanford </li>
<li> Georgetown</li>
<li> Columbia</li>
<li> Chicago</li>
<li> Dartmouth</li>
<li> Berkeley</li>
<li>Michigan</li>
<li>Tufts</li>
</ol>

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<p>The information provided by JIS1 above is from Foreign Policy in 2005. The data I provide is from the recent (2009) FP survey.</p>

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<p>bluebubble, Chicago has an International Studies major, which is more interdisciplinary, but you are correct that the IR concentration is in the political science department.</p>

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<p>Meh. Rankings aren’t everything. Tufts doesn’t really have many extremely visible, high-profile professors for IR, but they treat us very well. I’ve never had a poli sci or IR prof who didn’t know my name. Last summer one of my profs hired me as a research assistant for the book he was writing; during the course of the summer I formulated some questions of my own, and with his guidance I did original research, wrote up my results, and got them published.
I seriously doubt Robert Keohane or Kenneth Waltz are going to go that far for their students. If they’ve even met their students, that is.</p>