[Political Science] UIUC vs. Johns Hopkins... Is the ranking important?

[Ning0519]

Admitted by both UIUC and JHU in Political Science PhD with full funding. UIUC is ranked No. 23 on US News & World Reports (JHU ranked No. 40), but I am really attracted by the research of JHU's Dr. Erin Chung. UIUC is heavily quantitative oriented whereas JHU focuses more on qualitative method and provides students funding for field works between semesters. 

 

Question: Quantitative method + higher ranking = job market?

 

My research plan is about politics of immigration and immigrant identity, possibly on East Asia. Dr. Chung from JHU has spoken with me on Skype and we are really into each others' research interests, but I'm a bit worried about the No. 40-ranking... UIUC sounds more attractive with the 23 number. Any suggestions?

 

Thanks!

[victorydance]

JHU has a pretty brutal placement record:

 

http://politicalscience.jhu.edu/graduate/placement

 

And be careful with reading that as well...they seem to be considering adjunct jobs as "placements" which is pretty dishonest. For example, the two Yale "placements" ended up at some random LAC a few years later. 

[Portmanteaujam]

JHU has a pretty brutal placement record:

 

http://politicalscience.jhu.edu/graduate/placement

 

And be careful with reading that as well...they seem to be considering adjunct jobs as "placements" which is pretty dishonest. For example, the two Yale "placements" ended up at some random LAC a few years later. 

To be fair, Haverford is hardly random But it's good to know about the currency of these outcomes if you want to teach at a major research university!

 

For equity's sake: http://www.pol.illinois.edu/graduates/placements/