美国政治（American Studies）作为一门专业通常只开设在博士（PhD）阶段，但作为一门课程，通常本科阶段也会开设，作为政治学专业的一门基础学科。
大学排名
2014USNEWS美国政治专业研究生院排名：
| 排名 |
学校中文名 |
学校英文名 |
州/城市 |
| 1 |
Harvard University |
Cambridge, MA |
|
| 2 |
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor |
Stanford, CA |
|
| 3 |
Stanford University |
Ann Arbor, MI |
|
| 4 |
Princeton, NJ |
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| 5 |
University of California–Berkeley |
Berkeley, CA |
|
| 6 |
Yale University |
New Haven, CT |
|
| 7 |
Duke University |
Durham, NC |
|
| 8 |
University of California–Los Angeles |
Los Angeles, CA |
|
| 9 |
Columbia University |
New York, NY |
|
| 10 |
Ohio State University |
Columbus, OH |
|
| 10 |
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill |
Chapel Hill, NC |
|
| 12 |
Vanderbilt University |
Nashville, TN |
|
| 13 |
University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Madison, WI |
|
| 14 |
加州大学圣迭戈分校 |
University of California–San Diego |
La Jolla, CA |
| 15 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
St. Louis, MO |
|
| 16 |
George Washington University |
Washington, DC |
|
| 17 |
Texas A&M University–College Station |
College Station, TX |
*（1）
参考资料：
（1）American Politics US NEWS Graduate School Ranking