Updated IR Rankings

[younglions]

Foreign Policy/William and Mary recently came out with their new rankings on top terminal masters programs for the IR field. These rankings, like all others, shouldn

[happyhulalola]

University of Denver has an IR program in their Josef Korbel School of International Studies. Maybe that is what they meant...

[golonghorns]

How does Boston University's IR program rank?

[llerri]

I saw these rankings recently and was dismayed by the Colorado/Denver entry. I wonder if that was just a typo in the report. It does make it hard to take the rankings seriously (as if we can take any rankings seriously). If we assume they meant UD, then they play out just like the FP journal rankings, for whatever that's worth. I just don't get how a very domestic/econ heavy program like Chicago can rank so highly compared to out and out IR programs like Pittsburgh GSPIA. I guess it's all general academic reputation, but, having applied to both, I am now wondering whether I could even learn what I want to learn at UC.

Does anyone know whether Chicago can be a good place for someone narrowly interested in international development/policy? Can anyone speak to the value of a Pittsburgh GSPIA degree in the int'l development/policy world?

What about Duke for the same? They don't even make the rankings, but seem to be making more of an effort at having an international track than UC.

[HisRoyalHighness]

The ratings have a grievous error. The University of Colorado at Denver doesn't have a graduate IR program in any way, shape or form. Foreign Policy Magazine and William and Mary should be ashamed of this - about which DU is aware and let me tell you - the director of admissions is pissed .

And why is Yale even on that list for Masters? I can only think they got there on the strength of their name.

[IRreader185]

While I haven't seen the print copy of FP, the website article and the W&M report posted online are clear on the question of Denver. The online article doesn't show rankings lower than 20 and the W&M report states University of Denver is tied at 21. If there was a mistake, it appears to be fixed now. Like all rankings, they should be taken with a grain of salt, but the report as a whole has gotten very good response for its larger survey. It is worth checking out for better understanding the academic side of IR and the folks teaching it.....

[HisRoyalHighness]

I'm looking at the online article here: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms. ... 685&page=1 and it's still showing "University of Colorado - Denver" tied for #12 with Yale, MIT and UCSD. It is indeed unfortunate that they have not corrected this as it casts severe doubt on the veracity of the whole study when they confuse two very different schools. If someone were to turn in a thesis with this kind of error on it they wouldn't get their degree.

[IRreader185]

Fair enough on the FP article, but my blame is on FP when the actual report published by W&M looks to read correctly:

http://irtheoryandpractice.wm.edu/proje ... t_2009.pdf

Moreover, the FP chart and the W&M report do not match on a number of items. This casts doubt, in my mind at least, on the editors of FP. For those on the board who care about these particular rankings, check about the above link instead of the FP article.

[HisRoyalHighness]

Thanks for pointing that out. I wonder if FP has an intern doing their transcribing - or maybe someone from UC Denver