Best undergraduate economics program - Page 10

SarahsDad · 09-11-2007, 12:00 PM

FWIW,

Undergraduate Origin of PhD degrees, 1994-2003, Universities+LACs, all (non-professional) majors http://www.pomona.edu/institutionalr...-Ethnicity.pdf

1.Swarthmore
2.Carleton
3.Oberlin
4.Pomona
5.Amherst
6.Williams
7.Wellesley
8.Princeton
9.Mount Holyoke
10.Bryn Mawr
11.Wesleyan
12.MIT
13.Rice
14.Barnard
15.Smith
16.Yale
17.Dartmouth
18.Cornell
19.Brown
20.Stanford
21.Trinity
22.Harvard
23.Rochester
24.Duke
25.Chicago
26.Penn
27.Washington Univ StL
28.Northwestern
29.Johns Hopkins
30.Georgetown
31.Columbia

Undergraduate origin of PhD degrees, Economics, 1986-1995, Universities
http://server1.fandm.edu/departments...s/BacOrg98.pdf

1 Harvard U (MA) 113
2 Yale U (CT) 77
3 U of Pennsylvania (PA)
4 Princeton U (NJ) 54
4 U of Chicago (IL) 54
6 Massachusetts Inst of Tech (MA) 46
7 Cornell U (NY) 45
7 Georgetown U (DC) 45
7 Stanford U (CA) 45 16

Undergraduate origin of PhD degrees, Economics, 1986-1995, LACs

1 Swarthmore Coll (PA) 54
2 Williams Coll (MA) 37
3 Oberlin Coll (OH) 28
4 Wellesley Coll (MA) 22
5 Carleton Coll (MN) 21
6 Wesleyan U (CT) 18
7 Pomona Coll (CA) 16
7 Vassar Coll (NY) 16
9 Colgate U (NY) 15
10 Smith Coll (MA) 14

vossron · 09-11-2007, 01:26 PM

The HEDS data show raw numbers, which mostly reflects the size of the undergrad schools. Scaling the data to the school sizes is worth more, IMHO (courtesy of interesteddad). Note that undergrad majors are not considered.

Number of PhDs per 1000 grads
Academic field: Economics

PhDs and Doctoral Degrees:
ten years (1994 to 2003) from NSF database

Number of Undergraduates:
ten years (1989 to 1998) from IPEDS database
Note: Does not include colleges with less than 1000 graduates over the ten year period

1 Swarthmore College 16
2 Grinnell College 7
3 Williams College 7
4 Carleton College 7
5 Harvard University 6
6 Agnes Scott College 6
7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5
8 University of Chicago 5
9 Yale University 5
10 California Institute of Technology 5
11 Princeton University 5
12 Macalester College 5
13 Stanford University 4
14 Pomona College 4
15 Oberlin College 4
16 Wellesley College 4
17 Trinity University 4
18 Bowdoin College 3
19 Earlham College 3
20 Berea College 3
21 Amherst College 3
22 Wabash College 3
23 Bard College 3
24 Rocky Mountain College 3
25 Coe College 3
26 Wesleyan University 3
27 College of William and Mary 3
28 Colby College 3
29 Columbia University 3
30 Hillsdale College 3

bruno123 · 09-16-2007, 08:26 AM

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Most schools that have good Business programs have solid Econ departments. But it does not hold true the other way around.

At any rate, if I had to "group" Econ programs, I would go with 5 groups. Even schools in the fifth group have awesome Econ programs mind you.

I would rank Columbia higher, probably in Group I. What are your criteria to place it in Group III ?

JohnnyK · 09-17-2007, 12:09 AM

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what about harvard econ v. princeton econ for someone who wants to go into business?

Wharton

JohnnyK · 09-17-2007, 12:13 AM

Shouldn't Columbia's econ program be in the top tier? I mean it's so very hot right now, like that Hansel.

Milton Roark · 09-17-2007, 02:14 AM

Wharton may very well have an excellent business program, however, it certainly does not have a superior economics program even in terms of job placement. An individual who graduates from either the economics program at Harvard or Princeton will be (marginally) better off than the candidate who graduates from Wharton. In the grand scheme of things, all three schools have excellent placement and excellent overall programs. In response to the original question of Princeton Econ v. Harvard Econ, they are both exceptional programs. I would look into which university in general has the best qualities for you personally. I believe Princeton might have a slightly better student to faculty ratio and Harvard has slightly better placement. The faculty of Harvard might be slightly better. It would be a rather small difference at best.

art_star · 09-22-2007, 09:42 PM

How is Tufts' economics program?

SampsonClark · 10-25-2007, 05:24 PM

What about Emory University? How is there economics program? I heard it's a KICK ASS SCHOOL!

BandTenHut · 10-28-2007, 10:50 PM

What is the program at Reed College like?

mridz89 · 10-30-2007, 11:42 AM

i have got a 2030 in my sat.. i want to do majors in eco.. so someome please suggest me some colleges .. it would really be very helpful

mridz89 · 10-30-2007, 11:49 AM

how is nyu's eco prog???

FBI_34 · 10-30-2007, 12:08 PM

NYU has a top-notch econ program.

mridz89 · 10-30-2007, 03:10 PM

thanx a lot.. can smeone please suggest some other good colleges with good eco prog in which i have realistic chances of getting in with a score if 2030

rm1234 · 01-04-2008, 12:02 AM

Wisconsin--Madison has a great economics department and might even be a safety school with that SAT score

bostonbene23 · 01-09-2008, 06:44 PM

How good you would say Northeastern University's economics program is? They are ranked 26th nationally (business week) for business but does that mean that they are roughly the same for economics?