Are you interested in pursuing a PhD in political science? Below is a list of institutions in the United States that grant PhD degrees in political science.
Please see also APSA's Graduate Student Questions to Ask, which provides ideas about what to look for when researching PhD programs.
- University of Alabama
- American University
- American University, School of International Service
- Arizona State University
- University of Arizona
- Auburn University
- Auburn University at Montgomery
- University of Baltimore*
- Baylor University
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Brandeis University
- Brown University
- Clark Atlanta University
- The University of California, Berkeley
- The University of California, Davis
- The University of California, Irvine
- The University of California, Los Angeles
- The University of California, Riverside
- The University of California, San Diego
- The University of California, Santa Barbara
- The University of California, Santa Cruz
- California Institute of Technology
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Catholic University of America
- University of Chicago
- University of Cincinnati
- Claremont Graduate University
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- Colorado State University
- Columbia University
- University of Connecticut
- Cornell University
- CUNY Graduate School
- University of Dallas
- University of Delaware
- University of Denver, Graduate School of International Studies
- Duke University
- Emory University
- Florida International University
- Florida State University
- University of Florida
- George Washington University
- Georgetown University
- Georgia State University
- University of Georgia
- Harvard University
- Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
- University of Hawaii, Manoa
- University of Houston
- Howard University
- Idaho State University
- University of Idaho
- University of Illinois, Chicago
- University of Illinois, Urbana
- Indiana University
- University of Iowa
- Johns Hopkins University
- Johns Hopkins University, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
- University of Kansas
- Kent State University
- University of Kentucky
- Louisiana State University
- Loyola University Chicago
- University of Maryland
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Asterix denotes a Doctor of Public Administration (D.P.A.) degree program.
See Also: Online resources such as U.S. News and World Report which have tools regarding select graduate programs.