The Top 50 Political Science Departmentsa
| University | Rank | WTFAC | TOTAL | FACSIZ | PUBFAC | WTOT |
| Cal Tech | 1 | 44.01 | 19.07 | 6.00 | 3.18 | 264.03 |
| SUNY Stony Brook | 2 | 41.47 | 52.75 | 17.33 | 3.04 | 718.61 |
| Rochester | 3 | 31.20 | 49.23 | 21.66 | 2.27 | 675.69 |
| Iowa | 4 | 29.92 | 49.89 | 21.83 | 2.29 | 653.09 |
| Houston | 5 | 24.71 | 58.24 | 30.50 | 1.91 | 753.70 |
| Carnegie Mellon | 6 | 21.77 | 9.15 | 6.00 | 1.53 | 130.62 |
| Michigan State | 7 | 21.45 | 44.29 | 28.66 | 1.55 | 614.80 |
| Texas A&M | 8 | 21.42 | 65.00 | 40.00 | 1.63 | 856.68 |
| Stanford | 9 | 19.97 | 39.74 | 26.33 | 1.51 | 525.79 |
| Georgia | 10 | 19.74 | 45.16 | 29.00 | 1.56 | 572.41 |
| Ohio State | 11 | 19.28 | 49.48 | 34.00 | 1.46 | 655.45 |
| New Mexico | 12 | 18.46 | 23.33 | 15.66 | 1.49 | 289.02 |
| UC-Irvine | 13 | 18.45 | 29.40 | 21.00 | 1.40 | 387.55 |
| UC-Riverside | 14 | 18.29 | 21.66 | 14.33 | 1.51 | 262.11 |
| Emory | 15 | 17.78 | 26.05 | 20.66 | 1.26 | 367.27 |
| Rice | 16 | 17.61 | 20.08 | 14.00 | 1.43 | 246.54 |
| North Texas | 17 | 17.20 | 29.73 | 22.00 | 1.35 | 378.41 |
| Florida State | 18 | 17.03 | 28.61 | 21.33 | 1.34 | 363.20 |
| Minnesota | 19 | 16.88 | 35.26 | 27.33 | 1.29 | 461.26 |
| Indiana | 20 | 15.91 | 37.65 | 30.50 | 1.23 | 485.35 |
| UC-Davis | 21 | 15.63 | 29.48 | 24.00 | 1.23 | 375.07 |
| Harvard | 22 | 15.51 | 58.90 | 48.66 | 1.21 | 754.72 |
| North Carolina | 23 | 15.17 | 43.39 | 38.33 | 1.13 | 581.35 |
| UCLA | 24 | 14.94 | 49.50 | 45.00 | 1.10 | 672.21 |
| UC-San Diego | 25 | 14.80 | 33.58 | 30.50 | 1.10 | 451.29 |
| Kentucky | 26 | 14.70 | 23.19 | 20.33 | 1.14 | 298.88 |
| LSU | 27 | 14.17 | 21.83 | 19.66 | 1.11 | 278.67 |
| Washington St. Louis | 28 | 14.13 | 21.44 | 20.50 | 1.05 | 289.65 |
| Nebraska | 29 | 13.85 | 20.80 | 18.50 | 1.12 | 256.27 |
| Marquette | 30 | 13.45 | 16.50 | 17.00 | .97 | 228.69 |
| Arizona | 31 | 13.44 | 32.97 | 33.00 | 1.00 | 443.46 |
| New Orleans | 32 | 13.14 | 16.33 | 16.00 | 1.02 | 210.18 |
| Michigan | 33 | 12.80 | 48.14 | 51.66 | .93 | 661.42 |
| Yale | 34 | 12.41 | 30.96 | 33.00 | .94 | 409.61 |
| Arizona State | 35 | 12.39 | 25.99 | 26.00 | 1.00 | 322.02 |
| Columbia | 36 | 12.30 | 41.57 | 40.00 | 1.04 | 491.95 |
| Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 37 | 12.20 | 24.57 | 24.50 | 1.00 | 298.96 |
| Pittsburgh | 38 | 12.13 | 30.82 | 30.33 | 1.02 | 367.82 |
| West Virginia | 39 | 11.83 | 18.16 | 18.33 | .99 | 216.93 |
| Duke | 40 | 11.69 | 26.31 | 30.00 | .88 | 350.63 |
| George Washington | 41 | 11.58 | 21.08 | 23.50 | .90 | 272.22 |
| UC-Berkeley | 42 | 11.31 | 33.89 | 39.66 | .85 | 448.40 |
| Colorado | 43 | 11.17 | 28.14 | 32.00 | .88 | 357.41 |
| Wisconsin-Madison | 44 | 10.09 | 32.98 | 41.00 | .80 | 413.51 |
| Cornell | 45 | 9.92 | 23.47 | 29.66 | .79 | 294.17 |
| New York University | 46 | 9.41 | 18.47 | 25.00 | .74 | 235.29 |
| Princeton | 47 | 9.09 | 37.30 | 48.33 | .77 | 439.14 |
| Georgetown | 48 | 8.65 | 25.40 | 34.50 | .74 | 298.43 |
| UC-Santa Barbara | 49 | 8.56 | 14.08 | 21.00 | .67 | 179.83 |
| South Carolina | 50 | 8.41 | 30.99 | 46.33 | .67 | 389.44 |
NOTES:
WTFAC = WTOT/FACSIZE = Department score for publications per faculty member, controlling for journal quality
TOTAL = Raw score for number of publications in top journals
FACSIZE = Average number of political science faculty, 1986-96
PUBFAC = TOTAL/FACSIZE = Publications per faculty member
WTOT = Publications weighted by Garand's (1990) journal impact score
aSOURCE: Ballard, Michael J., and Neil J. Mitchell. 1998. "The Good, the Better, and the Best in Political Science." PS: Political Science & Politics 31(4): 826-28.
