Inside the Ivory Tower

*Inside the Ivory Tower*
Categories	Higher education
Frequency	Varies
Publisher	Foreign Policy ; College of William & Mary
First issue	2005;19 years ago
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	2024 rankings

Last updated September 08, 2024

Inside the Ivory Tower is a ranking of the world's best university programs in international relations. The ranking is published by the Foreign Policy magazine in collaboration with the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project at the College of William & Mary. The survey is based on input from "all international relations scholars employed at a college or university who have an affiliation with a political science department or school of public policy and who teach or conduct research on issues that cross international borders."^[1]

The first TRIP Faculty Survey was conducted in 2004.^[2] One of the questions asked respondents to rank International Relations graduate schools in the U.S. The survey has since expanded to include undergraduate programs.^[3] The survey began including universities outside of the U.S. in 2009.^[4] The survey was last conducted in 2024,^[5] and asks the respondents to rank the top five international relations programs by degree level. The rankings are determined by the percentage of respondents who list a particular school.^[6]

2024 rankings

The 2024 rankings were split out by degree level and specialty, with separate surveys conducted with international relations faculty, policymakers, and think tank staffers as respondents. For the first time, respondents were asked to differentiate between PhD programs for academics and policymakers in their responses.

Undergraduate Programs

International Relations Faculty
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Princeton University	48.37
2	USA	Harvard University	46.65
3	USA	Georgetown University	43.59
4	USA	Stanford University	42.83
5	USA	Columbia University	29.83
6	USA	University of Chicago	23.33
7	USA	Yale University	17.4
8	USA	American University	15.49
9	USA	George Washington University	14.91
10	USA	Dartmouth College	14.72
11	USA	>[University of California, San Diego]]	11.85
12	USA	University of California, Berkeley	10.52
13	USA	University of Michigan	10.33
14	USA	Johns Hopkins University	10.13
14	USA	Tufts University	10.13
16	USA	William & Mary College	9.56
17	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	8.22
18	USA	University of Pennsylvania	5.93
19	USA	Brown University	5.35
20	USA	Swarthmore College	4.02
20	USA	University of Denver	4.02
22	USA	Ohio State University	3.82
22	USA	University of California, Los Angeles	3.82
24	USA	Cornell University	3.63
25	USA	University of Virginia	3.44

Policymakers
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Georgetown University	70.39
2	USA	Harvard University	61.18
3	USA	Princeton University	42.11
4	USA	Stanford University	38.82
5	USA	Johns Hopkins University	30.92
6	USA	Yale University	28.95
7	USA	Tufts University	27.63
8	USA	George Washington University	25
9	USA	Columbia University	22.37
10	USA	American University	11.18
10	USA	University of Chicago	11.18
12	USA	University of California, Berkeley	8.55
13	USA	University of Virginia	6.58
14	USA	William & Mary College	4.61
15	USA	University of Michigan	3.95
15	USA	University of Texas at Austin	3.95
17	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3.29
18	USA	Brown University	2.63
18	USA	New York University	2.63
18	USA	University of Pennsylvania	2.63
18	USA	Williams College	2.63
22	USA	Cornell University	1.97
22	USA	Dartmouth College	1.97
22	USA	Duke University	1.97
22	USA	Middlebury College	1.97
22	USA	Syracuse University	1.97
22	USA	Texas A&M University	1.97
22	USA	United States Military Academy	1.97
22	USA	University of California, Los Angeles	1.97

Think Tank Staffers
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Georgetown University	65.12
2	USA	Harvard University	64.34
3	USA	Princeton University	47.29
4	USA	Stanford University	44.19
5	USA	Columbia University	40.31
6	USA	Yale University	29.46
7	USA	Johns Hopkins University	27.13
8	USA	George Washington University	21.71
9	USA	Tufts University	16.28
10	USA	University of Chicago	14.73
11	USA	American University	6.98
11	USA	University of California, Berkeley	6.98
13	USA	University of California, San Diego	6.2
14	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	5.43
15	USA	Cornell University	3.88
15	USA	University of Pennsylvania	3.88
15	USA	William & Mary College	3.88
15	USA	Williams College	3.88
19	USA	Dartmouth College	3.1
20	USA	Brown University	2.33
20	USA	New York University	2.33
20	USA	University of Michigan	2.33
20	USA	University of Virginia	2.33
24	USA	Duke University	1.55
24	USA	Northwestern University	1.55
24	USA	[[Swarthmore College][	1.55
24	USA	Texas A&M University	1.55
24	USA	University of California, Davis	1.55
24	USA	University of California, Los Angeles	1.55
24	USA	University of Denver	1.55
24	USA	University of Southern California	1.55
24	USA	University of Washington	1.55

Master's Programs

International Relations Faculty
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Georgetown University (Walsh)	75.34
2	USA	Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)	59.03
3	USA	Harvard University (Kennedy)	52.23
4	USA	Columbia University (SIPA)	39.61
5	USA	Princeton University (SPIA)	34.37
6	USA	George Washington University (Elliot)	33.2
7	USA	Tufts University	32.04
8	USA	American University	22.52
9	UK	London School of Economics	13.59
10	USA	University of Chicago	12.04
11	USA	Stanford University	8.16
12	USA	University of Denver	7.77
13	USA	Yale University	6.41
14	USA	University of California, San Diego	4.66
15	France	Sciences Po-Paris	4.27
16	USA	Syracuse University (Maxwell)	4.08
17	USA	University of Oxford	3.69
18	USA	Texas A&M University (Bush)	3.11
19	USA	University of Texas at Austin (LBJ)	2.72
20	Switzerland	Geneva Graduate Institute	2.33
21	UK	King's College London	2.14
21	UK	University of Cambridge	2.14
21	USA	University of Michigan (Ford)	2.14
24	USA	New York University	1.75
25	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1.55

Policymakers
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Georgetown University (Walsh)	67.39
2	USA	Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)	61.59
3	USA	Harvard University (Kennedy)	58.7
4	USA	Tufts University	39.13
5	USA	Princeton University (SPIA)	34.78
6	USA	Columbia University (SIPA)	26.81
7	UK	London School of Economics	20.29
8	USA	George Washington University (Elliot)	17.39
9	USA	Stanford University	14.49
10	USA	American University	12.32
10	USA	Yale University	12.32
12	UK	University of Oxford	11.59
13	USA	University of Chicago	5.8
14	France	Sciences Po-Paris	4.35
15	UK	King's College London	3.62
16	USA	National War College	2.9
16	USA	University of California, Berkeley	2.9
18	USA	National Defense University	2.17
18	UK	University of Cambridge	2.17
18	USA	University of Denver	2.17
18	USA	University of Pennsylvania	2.17
18	USA	University of Texas at Austin (LBJ)	2.17
18	USA	University of Virginia (Batten)	2.17
24	USA	Duke University (Sanford)	1.45
24	USA	George Mason University	1.45
24	USA	Liberty University	1.45
24	USA	Naval Postgraduate School	1.45
24	China	Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University	1.45
24	USA	University of Michigan (Ford)	1.45
24	USA	University of Pittsburgh (GSPIA)	1.45
24	USA	College of William & Mary	1.45

Think Tank Staffers
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Georgetown University (Walsh)	73.17
2	USA	Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)	65.85
3	USA	Harvard University (Kennedy)	52.03
4	USA	Columbia University (SIPA)	42.28
5	USA	Tufts University	39.84
6	USA	Princeton University (SPIA)	38.21
7	USA	George Washington University (Elliot)	21.14
8	UK	London School of Economics	17.07
9	UK	University of Oxford	16.26
10	USA	Stanford University	13.01
11	USA	Yale University	8.94
12	USA	American University	8.13
13	USA	University of California, San Diego	6.5
13	France	Sciences Po-Paris	6.5
15	USA	University of Chicago	5.69
16	UK	King's College London	3.25
16	USA	New York University	3.25
16	USA	University of California, Berkeley	3.25
19	UK	University of Cambridge	2.44
20	Switzerland	Geneva Graduate Institute	1.63
20	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1.63
20	Singapore	National University of Singapore	1.63
20	USA	Texas A&M University (Bush)	1.63
20	UK	University of London	1.63
20	USA	University of Michigan (Ford)	1.63
20	USA	University of Texas at Austin (LBJ)	1.63
20	USA	University of Virginia (Batten)	1.63

PhD Programs - Academic

International Relations Faculty
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	64.65
2	USA	Princeton University	60.3
3	USA	Stanford University	59.36
4	USA	Columbia University	38
5	USA	University of Chicago	27.6
6	USA	Yale University	27.03
7	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	20.04
7	USA	University of California, San Diego	20.04
9	USA	University of Michigan	17.58
10	USA	University of California, Berkeley	17.01
11	UK	University of Oxford	12.85
12	USA	Georgetown University	11.53
13	UK	London School of Economics	7.94
14	USA	Cornell University	6.24
15	USA	Johns Hopkins University	6.05
16	UK	University of Cambridge	5.86
17	USA	Ohio State University	5.48
18	USA	University of Pennsylvania	5.29
19	USA	George Washington University	4.91
19	USA	New York University	4.91
21	USA	American University	4.16
22	USA	University of California, Los Angeles	3.78
23	USA	Duke University	2.65
24	USA	Tufts University	1.89
24	USA	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	1.89

Policymakers
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	85.53
2	USA	Stanford University	56.58
3	USA	Princeton University	51.32
4	USA	Yale University	42.11
5	UK	University of Oxford	34.21
6	USA	Georgetown University	31.58
7	USA	Columbia University	27.63
8	USA	Johns Hopkins University	25
9	USA	University of Chicago	19.74
10	UK	London School of Economics	17.11
11	USA	University of California, Berkeley	13.16
12	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	11.84
12	UK	University of Cambridge	11.84
14	USA	Tufts University	7.89
15	USA	George Washington University	5.26
16	USA	American University	3.95
16	USA	Duke University	3.95
16	USA	University of Michigan	3.95
19	UK	King's College London	2.63
19	USA	New York University	2.63
19	France	Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University	2.63
22	USA	Dartmouth College	1.32
22	France	Sciences Po	1.32
22	USA	University of California, Los Angeles	1.32
22	USA	University of Denver	1.32
22	USA	University of Notre Dame	1.32
22	USA	University of Pennsylvania	1.32
22	USA	University of Texas at Austin	1.32

Think Tank Staffers
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	77.08
2	USA	Princeton University	55.21
2	USA	Stanford University	55.21
4	USA	Columbia University	46.88
5	USA	Yale University	33.33
6	UK	University of Oxford	25
7	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	23.96
8	USA	Georgetown University	22.92
9	USA	University of Chicago	19.79
10	USA	Johns Hopkins University	16.67
11	USA	University of California, Berkeley	13.54
12	USA	Tufts University	11.46
13	UK	University of Cambridge	8.33
14	USA	University of California, San Diego	7.29
14	USA	University of Michigan	7.29
16	UK	London School of Economics	6.25
17	France	Sciences Po	5.21
18	USA	George Washington University	4.17
19	USA	Cornell University	3.12
20	USA	American University	2.08
20	USA	Duke University	2.08
20	USA	Ohio State University	2.08
20	USA	University of California, Los Angeles	2.08
24	USA	Australian National University	1.04
24	UK	King's College London	1.04
24	Singapore	National University of Singapore	1.04
24	USA	New York University	1.04
24	USA	Northwestern University	1.04
24	USA	Pennsylvania State University	1.04
24	USA	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	1.04
24	UK	University of London	1.04
24	USA	University of Pennsylvania	1.04
24	UK	University of St. Andrews	1.04
24	USA	University of Virginia	1.04
24	USA	University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee	1.04

PhD Programs - Policymakers

International Relations Faculty
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	64.27
2	USA	Georgetown University	58.24
3	USA	Princeton University	38.75
4	USA	Johns Hopkins University	36.43
5	USA	Columbia University	35.03
6	USA	Stanford University	23.9
7	USA	George Washington University	23.67
8	USA	Tufts University	20.65
9	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	19.26
10	UK	London School of Economics	18.1
11	USA	American University	17.4
12	UK	University of Oxford	15.55
13	USA	University of Chicago	12.3
14	USA	Yale University	11.37
15	UK	University of Cambridge	7.42
16	USA	University of California, San Diego	4.41
17	USA	University of California, Berkeley	4.18
17	USA	University of Michigan	4.18
19	France	Sciences Po	3.94
20	Switzerland	Geneva Graduate Institute	3.25
21	UK	King's College London	2.55
21	USA	University of Denver	2.55
23	USA	New York University	2.09
24	USA	Duke University	1.86
25	USA	University of Maryland, College Park	1.62

Policymakers
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	72.92
2	USA	Georgetown University	44.79
2	USA	Princeton University	44.79
4	USA	Stanford University	43.75
5	USA	Johns Hopkins University	33.33
6	USA	Columbia University	26.04
7	USA	Yale University	25
8	UK	University of Oxford	21.88
9	USA	Tufts University	19.79
10	UK	London School of Economics	17.71
11	USA	University of Chicago	14.58
12	USA	American University	13.54
13	USA	University of California, Berkeley	9.38
14	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	8.33
15	USA	George Washington University	7.29
16	UK	King's College London	6.25
16	UK	University of Cambridge	6.25
18	USA	University of Michigan	5.21
19	France	Sciences Po	4.17
20	USA	Duke University	3.12
20	USA	University of Pennsylvania	3.12
22	USA	Northwestern University	2.08
23	USA	Boston University	1.04
23	USA	Florida International University	1.04
23	USA	Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School	1.04
23	Switzerland	Geneva Graduate Institute	1.04
23	USA	George Mason University	1.04
23	UK	Imperial College London	1.04
23	USA	Liberty University	1.04
23	USA	Missouri State University	1.04
23	USA	New York University	1.04
23	USA	Syracuse University	1.04
23	USA	Texas A&M University	1.04
23	USA	Ohio State University	1.04
23	China	Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University	1.04
23	USA	University of California, San Diego	1.04
23	USA	University of Denver	1.04
23	USA	University of Miami	1.04
23	France	Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University	1.04
23	UK	University of Sussex	1.04
23	USA	University of Virginia	1.04
23	USA	University of Washington	1.04
23	USA	Wake Forest University	1.04

Think Tank Staffers
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	66.67
2	USA	Georgetown University	49.43
3	USA	Johns Hopkins University	44.83
4	USA	Columbia University	41.38
5	USA	Princeton University	33.33
6	USA	Stanford University	31.03
7	UK	University of Oxford	27.59
8	USA	Tufts University	24.14
9	USA	George Washington University	19.54
10	UK	London School of Economics	17.24
11	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	16.09
12	USA	Yale University	13.79
13	USA	American University	9.2
13	USA	University of Chicago	9.2
15	UK	University of Cambridge	8.05
16	UK	King's College London	5.75
17	France	Sciences Po	4.6
18	USA	University of California, Berkeley	3.45
18	USA	University of California, San Diego	3.45
18	UK	University of London	3.45
21	USA	George Mason University	2.3
21	UK	University College London	2.3
21	USA	University of Notre Dame	2.3
21	USA	University of Texas at Austin	2.3
21	USA	University of Virginia	2.3

2018 Rankings

Undergraduate programs
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	51.10
2	USA	Princeton University	49.14
3	USA	Stanford University	41.67
4	USA	Georgetown University (Walsh)	39.46
5	USA	Columbia University	32.97
6	USA	Yale University	21.08
7	USA	University of Chicago	20.96
8	USA	George Washington University (Elliott)	17.40
9	USA	American University	15.20
10	USA	University of California, Berkeley	11.64
11	USA	University of California, San Diego	9.68
12	USA	Dartmouth College	9.56
13	USA	Tufts University	9.07
14	USA	University of Michigan	8.58
15	USA	Johns Hopkins University	7.23
16	USA	College of William & Mar	6.86
17	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	6.37
18	USA	Cornell University	5.76
19	USA	University of Pennsylvania	4.53
19	USA	Ohio State University	4.53
21	USA	Williams College	3.68
22	USA	Brown University (Watson)	3.31
23	USA	University of Virginia	3.19
24	USA	Swarthmore College	3.06
24	USA	University of California, Los Angeles	3.06

Master's programs
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Georgetown University (Walsh)	60.53
2	USA	Harvard University (Kennedy)	49.43
3	USA	Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)	48.30
4	USA	Princeton University (Wilson)	37.58
5	USA	Columbia University (SIPA)	37.45
6	USA	Tufts University (Fletcher)	30.90
7	USA	George Washington University (Elliott)	29.38
8	USA	American University	21.06
9	UK	London School of Economics	18.16
10	USA	University of Chicago (CIR)	13.75
11	USA	Stanford University (Dorsey)	9.08
12	UK	University of Oxford	8.07
13	USA	Yale University	7.82
14	USA	University of Denver	7.31
15	USA	University of California, San Diego	5.42
16	USA	Syracuse University (Maxwell)	4.67
17	UK	University of Cambridge	3.78
18	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3.28
18	USA	University of Michigan	3.28
20	USA	University of California, Berkeley	2.40
20	USA	University of Pittsburgh	2.40
22	USA	New York University (Center for Global Affairs)	2.14
22	France	Sciences Po-Paris	2.14
24	USA	Duke University (Sanford)	1.77
25	UK	School of Oriental and African Studies	1.53

Ph.D. programs
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	62.51
2	USA	Princeton University	53.17
3	USA	Stanford University	48.76
4	USA	Columbia University	32.44
5	USA	Yale University	21.80
6	USA	University of Chicago	21.37
7	USA	University of California, San Diego	16.00
8	USA	University of Michigan	15.68
9	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	13.43
10	USA	University of California, Berkeley	12.03
11	UK	University of Oxford	8.59
12	USA	Cornell University	7.30
13	UK	London School of Economics	6.66
14	USA	The Ohio State University	5.48
15	USA	Georgetown University	5.37
16	UK	University of Cambridge	4.51
17	USA	Johns Hopkins University	4.08
18	USA	George Washington University	3.22
19	USA	New York University (Center for Global Affairs)	2.69
19	USA	University of Wisconsin–Madison	2.69
21	USA	University of Minnesota	2.26
22	USA	American University	2.15
22	USA	Duke University	2.15
22	USA	University of Rochester	2.15
25	USA	University of California, Los Angeles	2.04

2014 Rankings

Undergraduate programs
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	46.20
2	USA	Princeton University	39.14
3	USA	Stanford University	33.02
4	USA	Georgetown University	28.06
5	USA	Columbia University	24.37
6	USA	University of Chicago	19.62
7	USA	Yale University	18.67
8	USA	George Washington University	11.39
9	USA	American University	9.92
10	USA	University of Michigan	9.49
11	USA	University of California, Berkeley	8.54
12	USA	Dartmouth College	8.23
13	USA	University of California, San Diego	7.70
14	USA	Tufts University	7.07
15	USA	Cornell University	6.43
16	USA	Johns Hopkins University	6.12
17	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	5.06
18	USA	College of William & Mary	4.54
19	USA	Swarthmore College	3.48
20	USA	Williams College	2.95
21	USA	University of California, Los Angeles	2.85
22	USA	Brown University	2.74
22	USA	University of Virginia	2.74
24	USA	Ohio State University	2.64
25	USA	Duke University	2.22

Master's programs
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Georgetown University	58.61
2	USA	Johns Hopkins University	47.76
3	USA	Harvard University	46.31
4	USA	Princeton University	33.33
5	USA	Columbia University	31.21
6	USA	Tufts University	29.08
7	USA	George Washington University	26.06
8	USA	American University	17.11
9	UK	London School of Economics	13.42
10	USA	Stanford University	5.37
11	USA	University of Denver	5.15
12	USA	University of Chicago	5.03
13	USA	University of California, San Diego	4.70
14	UK	University of Oxford	4.47
15	USA	Yale University	3.91
16	USA	Syracuse University (Maxwell)	3.13
17	USA	University of California, Berkeley	2.57
18	USA	University of Cambridge	2.35
19	USA	University of Pittsburgh	1.79
20	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1.68
21	USA	Monterey Institute of Int'l Studies	1.45
21	France	Sciences Po—Paris	1.45
21	USA	University of Michigan	1.45
24	Switzerland	Geneva Graduate Institute	1.12
24	USA	New York University	1.12
24	USA	Texas A&M University	1.12

Ph.D. programs
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	62.51
2	USA	Princeton University	53.17
3	USA	Stanford University	48.76
4	USA	Columbia University	32.44
5	USA	Yale University	21.80
6	USA	University of Chicago	21.37
7	USA	University of California, San Diego	16.00
8	USA	University of Michigan	15.68
9	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	13.43
10	USA	University of California, Berkeley	12.03
11	UK	University of Oxford	8.59
12	USA	Cornell University	7.30
13	UK	London School of Economics	6.66
14	USA	Ohio State University	5.48
15	USA	Georgetown University	5.37
16	UK	University of Cambridge	4.51
17	USA	Johns Hopkins University	4.08
18	USA	George Washington University	3.22
19	USA	New York University	2.69
19	USA	University of Wisconsin—Madison	2.69
21	USA	University of Minnesota	2.26
22	USA	American University	2.15
22	USA	Duke University	2.15
22	USA	University of Rochester	2.15
25	USA	University of California, Los Angeles	2.04

2012 Rankings

Undergraduate programs
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	58
2	USA	Princeton University (Wilson)	53
3	USA	Stanford University	39
4	USA	Columbia University	34
5	USA	Georgetown University (Walsh)	33
6	USA	Yale University (Jackson)	28
7	USA	University of Chicago	21
8	USA	Dartmouth College	15
9	USA	George Washington University (Elliott)	13
10	USA	American University (SIS)	11
11	USA	University of California, Berkeley	10
12	USA	Cornell University	9
13	USA	University of Michigan (Ford)	8
14	USA	Tufts University	7
14	USA	Williams College	7
14	USA	Johns Hopkins University	7
14	USA	Swarthmore College	7
18	USA	Duke University	6
19	USA	Brown University	6
20	USA	University of California, San Diego	5

Master's programs
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Georgetown University (Walsh)	69
2	USA	Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)	60
3	USA	Harvard University (Kennedy)	57
4	USA	Princeton University (Wilson)	44
5	USA	Tufts University (Fletcher)	41
6	USA	Columbia University (SIPA)	40
7	USA	George Washington University (Elliott)	38
8	USA	American University (SIS)	20
9	UK	London School of Economics	12
10	USA	University of Chicago (CIR)	8
11	USA	University of Denver (Korbel)	7
12	USA	Stanford University (Dorsey)	6
13	USA	Yale University (Jackson)	6
14	USA	Syracuse University (Maxwell)	5
15	USA	University of California, San Diego	4
16	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	4
16	UK	Oxford University	4
18	USA	University of California, Berkeley (Goldman)	3
19	USA	New York University (PoliSci Dept)	2
19	USA	University of Michigan (Ford)	2

Ph.D. programs
Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University (Govt Dept)	70
2	USA	Princeton University (Wilson)	62
3	USA	Stanford University	54
4	USA	Columbia University	44
5	USA	Yale University	27
6	USA	University of Chicago	27
7	USA	University of California, San Diego	21
8	USA	University of California, Berkeley	19
9	USA	University of Michigan	18
9	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	18
11	USA	Cornell University	11
12	UK	University of Oxford	10
13	UK	London School of Economics	9
14	USA	Georgetown University	7
15	USA	George Washington University	7
16	USA	Johns Hopkins University	7
17	UK	University of Cambridge	7
18	USA	The Ohio State University	6
19	USA	University of Rochester	5
20	USA	New York University	4

2009 Rankings

Methodology note for 2009 rankings: Undergraduate programs were ranked by individual country in this particular survey.^[7]For full undergraduate listings, see the original survey.

Ph.D. programs

Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Harvard University	59
2	USA	Princeton University	42
3	USA	Stanford University	34
4	USA	Columbia University	31
5	USA	Yale University	20
6	UK	London School of Economics	19
7	USA	University of Chicago	18
8	USA	University of Carlifonia-Berkeley	14
8	UK	Oxford University	14
10	USA	University of Michigan	11
11	USA	University of California, San Diego	10
12	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	10
13	USA	Cornell University	9
14	UK	University of Wales, Aberystwyth	7
15	UK	Cambridge University	7
16	USA	Johns Hopkins University	6
17	USA	Georgetown University	5
18	USA	New York University	3
19	USA	University of California, Los Angeles	3
20	USA	University of Minnesota	3
21	USA	The Ohio State University	3
22	USA	University of Rochester	3
23	USA	Duke University	3
24	USA	Tufts University	3
25	Australia	Australian National University	3

Master's programs

Rank	Country	School	Percent
1	USA	Georgetown University (SFS)	48
2	USA	Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)	44
3	USA	Harvard University (HKS)	43
4	USA	Tufts University (Fletcher)	29
4	USA	Columbia University (SIPA)	29
6	USA	Princeton University (WWS)	25
7	UK	London School of Economics	22
8	USA	George Washington University (Elliott)	16
9	USA	American University (SIS)	9
10	UK	Oxford University	9
11	USA	University of Chicago (CIR)	5
12	USA	Yale University (Jackson)	4
13	USA	Syracuse University (Maxwell)	4
14	Canada	Carleton University (Paterson)	4
15	USA	Stanford University	4
16	UK	Cambridge University	4
17	UK	King's College London	3
18	USA	University of California, San Diego	2
19	USA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2
19	UK	University of Wales, Aberystwyth	2
21	USA	University of Denver (Korbel)	2
22	USA	University of California, Berkeley	1
23	USA	New York University	1
24	USA	University of Pittsburgh (GSPIA)	1
24	USA	University of Kentucky	1

2007 Rankings

Methodology note for 2007 rankings: Only schools based in the United States were ranked in this particular survey.^[8]

Ph.D. programs

Rank	School	Percent
1	Harvard University	65
2	Princeton University	52
3	Columbia University	45
4	Stanford University	45
5	University of Chicago	30
6	Yale University	26
7	University of California, Berkeley	25
8	University of Michigan	22
9	University of California, San Diego	20
10	Cornell University	12
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	11
12	Johns Hopkins University	10
13	Georgetown University	8
14	Duke University	8
15	The Ohio State University	8
16	New York University	7
17	University of Minnesota	5
17	University of California, Los Angeles	5
19	Tufts University	4
20	University of Rochester	4

Master's programs

Rank	School	Percent
1	Georgetown University	65
2	Johns Hopkins University	64
3	Harvard University	46
4	Tufts University	42
5	Columbia University	39
6	Princeton University	38
7	George Washington University	28
8	American University	19
9	University of Denver	9
10	Syracuse University	7
11	University of California, San Diego	5
12	University of Chicago	4
12	Yale University	4
14	Stanford University	4
15	University of Pittsburgh	3
16	University of California, Berkeley	2
16	University of Maryland	2
18	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2
18	Monterey Institute of International Studies	2
20	University of Southern California	2

Undergraduate programs

Rank	School	Percent
1	Harvard University	48
2	Princeton University	46
3	Stanford University	30
4	Georgetown University	28
5	Columbia University	28
6	Yale University	23
7	University of Chicago	21
8	University of California, Berkeley	12
9	Dartmouth College	11
10	George Washington University	10
11	American University	10
12	University of Michigan	9
13	Tufts University	8
14	Swarthmore College	8
14	University of California, San Diego	8
16	Cornell University	6
17	Brown University	6
18	Williams College	5
19	Duke University	5
19	Johns Hopkins University	5

2005 Rankings

Methodology note for 2005 rankings: Only the graduate programs of schools based in the United States were ranked in this particular survey.^[9]

Ph.D. programs

Rank	School	Percent
1	Harvard University	75
2	Columbia University	48
3	Stanford University	47
4	Princeton University	43
5	University of Chicago	36
6	Yale University	29
7	University of Michigan	28
8	University of California, Berkeley	27
9	University of California, San Diego	16
10	Cornell University	12
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	11
12	Duke University	10
13	Johns Hopkins University	9
14	Georgetown University	8
15	The Ohio State University	7
16	University of Minnesota	7
17	University of California, Los Angeles	6
18	New York University	6
19	University of Rochester	4
20	Tufts University	3

Master's programs

Rank	School	Percent
1	Johns Hopkins University	65
2	Georgetown University	62
3	Harvard University	47
4	Tufts University	45
5	Columbia University	45
6	Princeton University	39
7	George Washington University	26
8	American University	16
9	Syracuse University	7
10	University of California, San Diego	5
10	University of Denver	5
12	Yale University	5
13	University of Chicago	4
14	University of Pittsburgh	4
15	University of Maryland	3
16	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2
16	Stanford University	2
18	University of Kentucky	2
19	New York University	2
19	University of Southern California	2

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[1] "Faculty Survey". TRIP. 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2017-12-20.

[2] Peterson, Susan; Maliniak, Dan; Tierney, Michael. "Inside the Ivory Tower". Foreign Policy.

[AllPubs-3] "Academic Publications". Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations, TRIP. College of William & Mary. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[ivorytower-4] Daniel Maliniak; Amy Oakes; Susan Peterson; Michael J. Tierney (March–April 2009). "Inside the Ivory Tower". Foreign Policy . The Slate Group . Retrieved 20 December 2017.

[5] "The Best International Relations Schools in the World". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2018-06-12.

[6] "The Best International Relations Schools in the World".

[7] "One Discipline or Many? TRIP Survey of International Relations Faculty in Ten Countries" (PDF). Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project - The Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations. College of William & Mary. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[2007ranks-8] "Inside the Ivory Tower". Foreign Policy. Foreign Policy magazine and the College of William & Mary. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

[2005ranks-9] "Inside the Ivory Tower (2005)" (PDF). Foreign Policy. Foreign Policy magazine and the College of William & Mary. Archived from 2005 the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

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