| Top 20 Political Science Departments (ranked by "reputation") 1998 |
| Source: U.S. News and World Report |
| 1. Harvard | 8. Duke | 15. Cornell |
| 2. U.C. Berkeley | 9. M.I.T. | 16. Indiana |
| 3. Michigan | 10. UC-Los Angeles | 17. Minnesota |
| 4. Stanford | 11. U.C. San Diego | 18. Columbia |
| 5. Yale | 12. North Carolina | 19. Ohio State |
| 6. Princeton | 13. Rochester | 20. Northwestern |
| 7. Chicago | 14. Wisconsin | |