<p>Yale has a slitely better law school. But Stanford has a better politics department. Stanford has 6 faculty in social and political science selected into national academy of science, while Yale has only 1.</p>
<p>US News graduate school ranking has Stanford as #1 (tied with Harvard and Princeton), and Yale as #5. Yale creates more US presidents, while Stanford has Hoover Institute.</p>
<p>=====================================================================
Stanford’s 6 super star professors selected into NAS:</p>
<p>Name Primary Institution NAS Section Election Year Research/Expertise<br>
Karen Cook<br>
Stanford University
Social and Political Sciences
2007 </p>
<p>John Ferejohn<br>
Stanford University
Social and Political Sciences
1988 </p>
<p>Morris Fiorina<br>
Stanford University
Social and Political Sciences
1998 </p>
<p>Alex Inkeles<br>
Stanford University
Social and Political Sciences
1981
social aspects of economic development, national character studies, political sociology, personality and social structure </p>
<p>David Laitin<br>
Stanford University
Social and Political Sciences
2007 </p>
<p>James March<br>
Stanford University
Social and Political Sciences
1973
organizations, decision making </p>
<p>==================================================================</p>
<p>Yale’s 1 super star professor at NAS:</p>
<p>Name Primary Institution NAS Section Election Year Research/Expertise<br>
Robert Dahl<br>
Yale University
Social and Political Sciences
1972 </p>
<p>link: <a href=“National Academy of Sciences”>National Academy of Sciences;