Why I did my undergrad in political science at the University of Rochester, in frozen northeast New York state:
The University of Rochester's Political Science Department was recently ranked fourth in two national studies that measure the quality of graduate students produced by the program, based on their job placements and how often their research is cited.
Political Science Department chair Gerald Gamm noted that Harvard and Rochester were the only two universities ranked in the top five in both the study on job placements and in the study that ranked departments by the percentage of Ph.D.'s they produced who are among the most cited in the country.
"The University of Rochester political science department has been placing Ph.D.'s in the top departments since the 1970s," Gamm said. "The news here is the persistence of Rochester Political Science in training the best Ph.D. students in the country."
Read the whole press release or the department's history for details. Some noted Rochester political scientists:
P.S. to alumni: I'll be at Meliora Weekend in October. Will you? Drop me a line.