Inside the Ivory Tower

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Inside the Ivory Tower
Categories Higher education
FrequencyVaries
Publisher Foreign Policy
College of William & Mary
First issue2005;19 years ago (2005)
Country United States
Language English
Website 2024 rankings

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]

Contents

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
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USA Princeton University 48.37
2USA Harvard University 46.65
3USA Georgetown University 43.59
4USA Stanford University 42.83
5USA Columbia University 29.83
6USA University of Chicago 23.33
7USA Yale University 17.4
8USA American University 15.49
9USA George Washington University 14.91
10USA Dartmouth College 14.72
11USA>[University of California, San Diego]]11.85
12USA University of California, Berkeley 10.52
13USA University of Michigan 10.33
14USA Johns Hopkins University 10.13
14USA Tufts University 10.13
16USA William & Mary College 9.56
17USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8.22
18USA University of Pennsylvania 5.93
19USA Brown University 5.35
20USA Swarthmore College 4.02
20USA University of Denver 4.02
22USA Ohio State University 3.82
22USA University of California, Los Angeles 3.82
24USA Cornell University 3.63
25USA University of Virginia 3.44
Policymakers
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USA Georgetown University 70.39
2USA Harvard University 61.18
3USA Princeton University 42.11
4USA Stanford University 38.82
5USA Johns Hopkins University 30.92
6USA Yale University 28.95
7USA Tufts University 27.63
8USA George Washington University 25
9USA Columbia University 22.37
10USA American University 11.18
10USA University of Chicago 11.18
12USA University of California, Berkeley 8.55
13USA University of Virginia 6.58
14USA William & Mary College 4.61
15USA University of Michigan 3.95
15USA University of Texas at Austin 3.95
17USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3.29
18USA Brown University 2.63
18USA New York University 2.63
18USA University of Pennsylvania 2.63
18USA Williams College 2.63
22USA Cornell University 1.97
22USA Dartmouth College 1.97
22USA Duke University 1.97
22USA Middlebury College 1.97
22USA Syracuse University 1.97
22USA Texas A&M University 1.97
22USA United States Military Academy 1.97
22USA University of California, Los Angeles 1.97
Think Tank Staffers
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USA Georgetown University 65.12
2USA Harvard University 64.34
3USA Princeton University 47.29
4USA Stanford University 44.19
5USA Columbia University 40.31
6USA Yale University 29.46
7USA Johns Hopkins University 27.13
8USA George Washington University 21.71
9USA Tufts University 16.28
10USA University of Chicago 14.73
11USA American University 6.98
11USA University of California, Berkeley 6.98
13USA University of California, San Diego 6.2
14USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.43
15USA Cornell University 3.88
15USA University of Pennsylvania 3.88
15USA William & Mary College 3.88
15USA Williams College 3.88
19USA Dartmouth College 3.1
20USA Brown University 2.33
20USA New York University 2.33
20USA University of Michigan 2.33
20USA University of Virginia 2.33
24USA Duke University 1.55
24USA Northwestern University 1.55
24USA[[Swarthmore College][1.55
24USA Texas A&M University 1.55
24USA University of California, Davis 1.55
24USA University of California, Los Angeles 1.55
24USA University of Denver 1.55
24USA University of Southern California 1.55
24USA University of Washington 1.55

Master's Programs

International Relations Faculty
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USA Georgetown University (Walsh) 75.34
2USA Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) 59.03
3USA Harvard University (Kennedy) 52.23
4USA Columbia University (SIPA) 39.61
5USA Princeton University (SPIA) 34.37
6USA George Washington University (Elliot) 33.2
7USA Tufts University 32.04
8USA American University 22.52
9UK London School of Economics 13.59
10USA University of Chicago 12.04
11USA Stanford University 8.16
12USA University of Denver 7.77
13USA Yale University 6.41
14USA University of California, San Diego 4.66
15France Sciences Po-Paris 4.27
16USA Syracuse University (Maxwell) 4.08
17USA University of Oxford 3.69
18USA Texas A&M University (Bush) 3.11
19USA University of Texas at Austin (LBJ) 2.72
20Switzerland Geneva Graduate Institute 2.33
21UK King's College London 2.14
21UK University of Cambridge 2.14
21USA University of Michigan (Ford) 2.14
24USA New York University 1.75
25USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1.55
Policymakers
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USA Georgetown University (Walsh) 67.39
2USA Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) 61.59
3USA Harvard University (Kennedy) 58.7
4USA Tufts University 39.13
5USA Princeton University (SPIA) 34.78
6USA Columbia University (SIPA) 26.81
7UK London School of Economics 20.29
8USA George Washington University (Elliot) 17.39
9USA Stanford University 14.49
10USA American University 12.32
10USA Yale University 12.32
12UK University of Oxford 11.59
13USA University of Chicago 5.8
14France Sciences Po-Paris 4.35
15UK King's College London 3.62
16USA National War College 2.9
16USA University of California, Berkeley 2.9
18USA National Defense University 2.17
18UK University of Cambridge 2.17
18USA University of Denver 2.17
18USA University of Pennsylvania 2.17
18USA University of Texas at Austin (LBJ) 2.17
18USA University of Virginia (Batten) 2.17
24USA Duke University (Sanford) 1.45
24USA George Mason University 1.45
24USA Liberty University 1.45
24USA Naval Postgraduate School 1.45
24China Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University 1.45
24USA University of Michigan (Ford) 1.45
24USA University of Pittsburgh (GSPIA) 1.45
24USA College of William & Mary 1.45
Think Tank Staffers
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USA Georgetown University (Walsh) 73.17
2USA Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) 65.85
3USA Harvard University (Kennedy) 52.03
4USA Columbia University (SIPA) 42.28
5USA Tufts University 39.84
6USA Princeton University (SPIA) 38.21
7USA George Washington University (Elliot) 21.14
8UK London School of Economics 17.07
9UK University of Oxford 16.26
10USA Stanford University 13.01
11USA Yale University 8.94
12USA American University 8.13
13USA University of California, San Diego 6.5
13France Sciences Po-Paris 6.5
15USA University of Chicago 5.69
16UK King's College London 3.25
16USA New York University 3.25
16USA University of California, Berkeley 3.25
19UK University of Cambridge 2.44
20Switzerland Geneva Graduate Institute 1.63
20USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1.63
20Singapore National University of Singapore 1.63
20USA Texas A&M University (Bush) 1.63
20UK University of London 1.63
20USA University of Michigan (Ford) 1.63
20USA University of Texas at Austin (LBJ) 1.63
20USA University of Virginia (Batten) 1.63

PhD Programs - Academic

International Relations Faculty
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University64.65
2USAPrinceton University60.3
3USAStanford University59.36
4USAColumbia University38
5USAUniversity of Chicago27.6
6USAYale University27.03
7USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology20.04
7USAUniversity of California, San Diego20.04
9USAUniversity of Michigan17.58
10USAUniversity of California, Berkeley17.01
11UKUniversity of Oxford12.85
12USAGeorgetown University11.53
13UKLondon School of Economics7.94
14USACornell University6.24
15USAJohns Hopkins University6.05
16UKUniversity of Cambridge5.86
17USAOhio State University5.48
18USAUniversity of Pennsylvania5.29
19USAGeorge Washington University4.91
19USANew York University4.91
21USAAmerican University4.16
22USAUniversity of California, Los Angeles3.78
23USADuke University2.65
24USATufts University1.89
24USAUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities1.89
Policymakers
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University85.53
2USAStanford University56.58
3USAPrinceton University51.32
4USAYale University42.11
5UKUniversity of Oxford34.21
6USAGeorgetown University31.58
7USAColumbia University27.63
8USAJohns Hopkins University25
9USAUniversity of Chicago19.74
10UKLondon School of Economics17.11
11USAUniversity of California, Berkeley13.16
12USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology11.84
12UKUniversity of Cambridge11.84
14USATufts University7.89
15USAGeorge Washington University5.26
16USAAmerican University3.95
16USADuke University3.95
16USAUniversity of Michigan3.95
19UKKing's College London2.63
19USANew York University2.63
19FranceParis 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University2.63
22USADartmouth College1.32
22FranceSciences Po1.32
22USAUniversity of California, Los Angeles1.32
22USAUniversity of Denver1.32
22USAUniversity of Notre Dame1.32
22USAUniversity of Pennsylvania1.32
22USAUniversity of Texas at Austin1.32
Think Tank Staffers
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University77.08
2USAPrinceton University55.21
2USAStanford University55.21
4USAColumbia University46.88
5USAYale University33.33
6UKUniversity of Oxford25
7USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology23.96
8USAGeorgetown University22.92
9USAUniversity of Chicago19.79
10USAJohns Hopkins University16.67
11USAUniversity of California, Berkeley13.54
12USATufts University11.46
13UKUniversity of Cambridge8.33
14USAUniversity of California, San Diego7.29
14USAUniversity of Michigan7.29
16UKLondon School of Economics6.25
17FranceSciences Po5.21
18USAGeorge Washington University4.17
19USACornell University3.12
20USAAmerican University2.08
20USADuke University2.08
20USAOhio State University2.08
20USAUniversity of California, Los Angeles2.08
24USAAustralian National University1.04
24UKKing's College London1.04
24SingaporeNational University of Singapore1.04
24USANew York University1.04
24USANorthwestern University1.04
24USAPennsylvania State University1.04
24USAUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign1.04
24UKUniversity of London1.04
24USAUniversity of Pennsylvania1.04
24UKUniversity of St. Andrews1.04
24USAUniversity of Virginia1.04
24USAUniversity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee1.04

PhD Programs - Policymakers

International Relations Faculty
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University64.27
2USAGeorgetown University58.24
3USAPrinceton University38.75
4USAJohns Hopkins University36.43
5USAColumbia University35.03
6USAStanford University23.9
7USAGeorge Washington University23.67
8USATufts University20.65
9USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology19.26
10UKLondon School of Economics18.1
11USAAmerican University17.4
12UKUniversity of Oxford15.55
13USAUniversity of Chicago12.3
14USAYale University11.37
15UKUniversity of Cambridge7.42
16USAUniversity of California, San Diego4.41
17USAUniversity of California, Berkeley4.18
17USAUniversity of Michigan4.18
19FranceSciences Po3.94
20SwitzerlandGeneva Graduate Institute3.25
21UKKing's College London2.55
21USAUniversity of Denver2.55
23USANew York University2.09
24USADuke University1.86
25USAUniversity of Maryland, College Park1.62
Policymakers
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University72.92
2USAGeorgetown University44.79
2USAPrinceton University44.79
4USAStanford University43.75
5USAJohns Hopkins University33.33
6USAColumbia University26.04
7USAYale University25
8UKUniversity of Oxford21.88
9USATufts University19.79
10UKLondon School of Economics17.71
11USAUniversity of Chicago14.58
12USAAmerican University13.54
13USAUniversity of California, Berkeley9.38
14USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology8.33
15USAGeorge Washington University7.29
16UKKing's College London6.25
16UKUniversity of Cambridge6.25
18USAUniversity of Michigan5.21
19FranceSciences Po4.17
20USADuke University3.12
20USAUniversity of Pennsylvania3.12
22USANorthwestern University2.08
23USABoston University1.04
23USAFlorida International University1.04
23USAFrederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School1.04
23SwitzerlandGeneva Graduate Institute1.04
23USAGeorge Mason University1.04
23UKImperial College London1.04
23USALiberty University1.04
23USAMissouri State University1.04
23USANew York University1.04
23USASyracuse University1.04
23USATexas A&M University1.04
23USAOhio State University1.04
23ChinaSchwarzman College at Tsinghua University1.04
23USAUniversity of California, San Diego1.04
23USAUniversity of Denver1.04
23USAUniversity of Miami1.04
23FranceParis 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University1.04
23UKUniversity of Sussex1.04
23USAUniversity of Virginia1.04
23USAUniversity of Washington1.04
23USAWake Forest University1.04
Think Tank Staffers
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University66.67
2USAGeorgetown University49.43
3USAJohns Hopkins University44.83
4USAColumbia University41.38
5USAPrinceton University33.33
6USAStanford University31.03
7UKUniversity of Oxford27.59
8USATufts University24.14
9USAGeorge Washington University19.54
10UKLondon School of Economics17.24
11USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology16.09
12USAYale University13.79
13USAAmerican University9.2
13USAUniversity of Chicago9.2
15UKUniversity of Cambridge8.05
16UKKing's College London5.75
17FranceSciences Po4.6
18USAUniversity of California, Berkeley3.45
18USAUniversity of California, San Diego3.45
18UKUniversity of London3.45
21USAGeorge Mason University2.3
21UKUniversity College London2.3
21USAUniversity of Notre Dame2.3
21USAUniversity of Texas at Austin2.3
21USAUniversity of Virginia2.3

2018 Rankings

Undergraduate programs
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USA Harvard University 51.10
2USA Princeton University 49.14
3USA Stanford University 41.67
4USA Georgetown University (Walsh)39.46
5USA Columbia University 32.97
6USA Yale University 21.08
7USA University of Chicago 20.96
8USA George Washington University (Elliott)17.40
9USA American University 15.20
10USA University of California, Berkeley 11.64
11USA University of California, San Diego 9.68
12USA Dartmouth College 9.56
13USA Tufts University 9.07
14USA University of Michigan 8.58
15USA Johns Hopkins University 7.23
16USA College of William & Mar 6.86
17USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6.37
18USA Cornell University 5.76
19USA University of Pennsylvania 4.53
19USA Ohio State University 4.53
21USA Williams College 3.68
22USA Brown University (Watson)3.31
23USA University of Virginia 3.19
24USA Swarthmore College 3.06
24USA University of California, Los Angeles 3.06
Master's programs
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAGeorgetown University (Walsh)60.53
2USAHarvard University (Kennedy)49.43
3USA Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)48.30
4USAPrinceton University (Wilson)37.58
5USAColumbia University (SIPA)37.45
6USATufts University (Fletcher)30.90
7USAGeorge Washington University (Elliott)29.38
8USAAmerican University21.06
9UK London School of Economics 18.16
10USAUniversity of Chicago (CIR)13.75
11USAStanford University (Dorsey)9.08
12UK University of Oxford 8.07
13USAYale University7.82
14USAUniversity of Denver7.31
15USAUniversity of California, San Diego5.42
16USA Syracuse University (Maxwell)4.67
17UK University of Cambridge 3.78
18USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology3.28
18USAUniversity of Michigan3.28
20USAUniversity of California, Berkeley2.40
20USA University of Pittsburgh 2.40
22USA New York University (Center for Global Affairs)2.14
22France Sciences Po-Paris 2.14
24USA Duke University (Sanford)1.77
25UK School of Oriental and African Studies 1.53
Ph.D. programs
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University62.51
2USAPrinceton University53.17
3USAStanford University48.76
4USAColumbia University32.44
5USAYale University21.80
6USAUniversity of Chicago21.37
7USAUniversity of California, San Diego16.00
8USAUniversity of Michigan15.68
9USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology13.43
10USAUniversity of California, Berkeley12.03
11UKUniversity of Oxford8.59
12USACornell University7.30
13UKLondon School of Economics6.66
14USAThe Ohio State University5.48
15USAGeorgetown University5.37
16UKUniversity of Cambridge4.51
17USAJohns Hopkins University4.08
18USAGeorge Washington University3.22
19USANew York University (Center for Global Affairs)2.69
19USA University of Wisconsin–Madison 2.69
21USA University of Minnesota 2.26
22USAAmerican University2.15
22USADuke University2.15
22USA University of Rochester 2.15
25USAUniversity of California, Los Angeles2.04

2014 Rankings

Undergraduate programs
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University46.20
2USAPrinceton University39.14
3USAStanford University33.02
4USAGeorgetown University28.06
5USAColumbia University24.37
6USAUniversity of Chicago19.62
7USAYale University18.67
8USAGeorge Washington University11.39
9USAAmerican University9.92
10USAUniversity of Michigan9.49
11USAUniversity of California, Berkeley8.54
12USADartmouth College8.23
13USAUniversity of California, San Diego7.70
14USATufts University7.07
15USACornell University6.43
16USAJohns Hopkins University6.12
17USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology5.06
18USACollege of William & Mary4.54
19USASwarthmore College3.48
20USAWilliams College2.95
21USAUniversity of California, Los Angeles2.85
22USABrown University2.74
22USAUniversity of Virginia2.74
24USAOhio State University2.64
25USADuke University2.22
Master's programs
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAGeorgetown University58.61
2USAJohns Hopkins University47.76
3USAHarvard University46.31
4USAPrinceton University33.33
5USAColumbia University31.21
6USATufts University29.08
7USAGeorge Washington University26.06
8USAAmerican University17.11
9UK London School of Economics 13.42
10USAStanford University5.37
11USAUniversity of Denver5.15
12USAUniversity of Chicago5.03
13USAUniversity of California, San Diego4.70
14UKUniversity of Oxford4.47
15USAYale University3.91
16USASyracuse University (Maxwell)3.13
17USAUniversity of California, Berkeley2.57
18USAUniversity of Cambridge2.35
19USAUniversity of Pittsburgh1.79
20USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology1.68
21USA Monterey Institute of Int'l Studies 1.45
21France Sciences Po—Paris 1.45
21USAUniversity of Michigan1.45
24Switzerland Geneva Graduate Institute 1.12
24USANew York University1.12
24USATexas A&M University1.12
Ph.D. programs
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University62.51
2USAPrinceton University53.17
3USAStanford University48.76
4USAColumbia University32.44
5USAYale University21.80
6USAUniversity of Chicago21.37
7USAUniversity of California, San Diego16.00
8USAUniversity of Michigan15.68
9USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology13.43
10USAUniversity of California, Berkeley12.03
11UK University of Oxford 8.59
12USACornell University7.30
13UK London School of Economics 6.66
14USAOhio State University5.48
15USAGeorgetown University5.37
16UKUniversity of Cambridge4.51
17USAJohns Hopkins University4.08
18USAGeorge Washington University3.22
19USANew York University2.69
19USAUniversity of Wisconsin—Madison2.69
21USAUniversity of Minnesota2.26
22USAAmerican University2.15
22USADuke University2.15
22USAUniversity of Rochester2.15
25USAUniversity of California, Los Angeles2.04

2012 Rankings

Undergraduate programs
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University58
2USAPrinceton University (Wilson)53
3USAStanford University39
4USAColumbia University34
5USAGeorgetown University (Walsh)33
6USAYale University (Jackson)28
7USAUniversity of Chicago21
8USADartmouth College15
9USAGeorge Washington University (Elliott)13
10USAAmerican University (SIS)11
11USAUniversity of California, Berkeley10
12USACornell University9
13USAUniversity of Michigan (Ford)8
14USATufts University7
14USAWilliams College7
14USAJohns Hopkins University7
14USASwarthmore College7
18USADuke University6
19USABrown University6
20USAUniversity of California, San Diego5
Master's programs
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAGeorgetown University (Walsh)69
2USAJohns Hopkins University (SAIS)60
3USAHarvard University (Kennedy)57
4USAPrinceton University (Wilson)44
5USATufts University (Fletcher)41
6USAColumbia University (SIPA)40
7USAGeorge Washington University (Elliott)38
8USAAmerican University (SIS)20
9UK London School of Economics 12
10USAUniversity of Chicago (CIR)8
11USAUniversity of Denver (Korbel)7
12USAStanford University (Dorsey)6
13USAYale University (Jackson)6
14USASyracuse University (Maxwell)5
15USAUniversity of California, San Diego4
16USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology4
16UK Oxford University 4
18USAUniversity of California, Berkeley (Goldman)3
19USANew York University (PoliSci Dept)2
19USAUniversity of Michigan (Ford)2
Ph.D. programs
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University (Govt Dept)70
2USAPrinceton University (Wilson)62
3USAStanford University54
4USAColumbia University44
5USAYale University27
6USAUniversity of Chicago27
7USAUniversity of California, San Diego21
8USAUniversity of California, Berkeley19
9USAUniversity of Michigan18
9USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology18
11USACornell University11
12UKUniversity of Oxford10
13UKLondon School of Economics9
14USAGeorgetown University7
15USAGeorge Washington University7
16USAJohns Hopkins University7
17UKUniversity of Cambridge7
18USAThe Ohio State University6
19USAUniversity of Rochester5
20USANew York University4

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
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAHarvard University59
2USAPrinceton University42
3USAStanford University34
4USAColumbia University31
5USAYale University20
6UKLondon School of Economics19
7USAUniversity of Chicago18
8USAUniversity of Carlifonia-Berkeley14
8UKOxford University14
10USAUniversity of Michigan11
11USAUniversity of California, San Diego10
12USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology10
13USACornell University9
14UK University of Wales, Aberystwyth 7
15UKCambridge University7
16USAJohns Hopkins University6
17USAGeorgetown University5
18USANew York University3
19USAUniversity of California, Los Angeles3
20USA University of Minnesota 3
21USAThe Ohio State University3
22USAUniversity of Rochester3
23USADuke University3
24USATufts University3
25Australia Australian National University 3
Master's programs
RankCountrySchoolPercent
1USAGeorgetown University (SFS)48
2USAJohns Hopkins University (SAIS)44
3USAHarvard University (HKS)43
4USATufts University (Fletcher)29
4USAColumbia University (SIPA)29
6USAPrinceton University (WWS)25
7UKLondon School of Economics22
8USAGeorge Washington University (Elliott)16
9USAAmerican University (SIS)9
10UKOxford University9
11USAUniversity of Chicago (CIR)5
12USAYale University (Jackson)4
13USASyracuse University (Maxwell)4
14Canada Carleton University (Paterson)4
15USAStanford University4
16UKCambridge University4
17UK King's College London 3
18USAUniversity of California, San Diego2
19USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology2
19UKUniversity of Wales, Aberystwyth2
21USAUniversity of Denver (Korbel)2
22USAUniversity of California, Berkeley1
23USANew York University1
24USA University of Pittsburgh (GSPIA)1
24USA 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
RankSchoolPercent
1Harvard University65
2Princeton University52
3Columbia University45
4Stanford University45
5University of Chicago30
6Yale University26
7University of California, Berkeley25
8University of Michigan22
9University of California, San Diego20
10Cornell University12
11Massachusetts Institute of Technology11
12Johns Hopkins University10
13Georgetown University8
14Duke University8
15The Ohio State University8
16New York University7
17University of Minnesota5
17University of California, Los Angeles5
19Tufts University4
20University of Rochester4
Master's programs
RankSchoolPercent
1Georgetown University65
2Johns Hopkins University64
3Harvard University46
4Tufts University42
5Columbia University39
6Princeton University38
7George Washington University28
8American University19
9University of Denver9
10Syracuse University7
11University of California, San Diego5
12University of Chicago4
12Yale University4
14Stanford University4
15University of Pittsburgh3
16University of California, Berkeley2
16 University of Maryland 2
18Massachusetts Institute of Technology2
18 Monterey Institute of International Studies 2
20University of Southern California2
Undergraduate programs
RankSchoolPercent
1Harvard University48
2Princeton University46
3Stanford University30
4Georgetown University28
5Columbia University28
6Yale University23
7University of Chicago21
8University of California, Berkeley12
9Dartmouth College11
10George Washington University10
11American University10
12University of Michigan9
13Tufts University8
14Swarthmore College8
14University of California, San Diego8
16Cornell University6
17Brown University6
18Williams College5
19Duke University5
19Johns Hopkins University5

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
RankSchoolPercent
1Harvard University75
2Columbia University48
3Stanford University47
4Princeton University43
5University of Chicago36
6Yale University29
7University of Michigan28
8University of California, Berkeley27
9University of California, San Diego16
10Cornell University12
11Massachusetts Institute of Technology11
12Duke University10
13Johns Hopkins University9
14Georgetown University8
15The Ohio State University7
16University of Minnesota7
17University of California, Los Angeles6
18New York University6
19University of Rochester4
20Tufts University3
Master's programs
RankSchoolPercent
1Johns Hopkins University65
2Georgetown University62
3Harvard University47
4 Tufts University 45
5Columbia University45
6Princeton University39
7George Washington University26
8American University16
9Syracuse University7
10University of California, San Diego5
10University of Denver5
12Yale University5
13University of Chicago4
14University of Pittsburgh4
15University of Maryland3
16Massachusetts Institute of Technology2
16Stanford University2
18University of Kentucky2
19New York University2
19University of Southern California2

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