<p>“northwestern bests dartmouth in econ. Not sure about the other areas.”</p>
<p>Though NU’s econ department ranks 16th while Dartmouth’s rank 24 ([Rankings</a> at IDEAS: Economics Departments](<a href=“http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.econdept.html]Rankings”>Economics rankings: Economics Departments | IDEAS/RePEc)), such rankings are for graduate school and research output.</p>
<p>For getting into prestigious econ PhD programs, Dartmouth and NU are indistinguishable, since I both programs are quantitatively/theoretically rigorous.</p>
<p>For getting Wall Street jobs, getting into top law/business/medical schools, Dartmouth has the edge. (<a href=“http://www.inpathways.net/top50feeder.pdf[/url]”>InPathWays - Discover latest hot new trending topic, insights, analysis)</p>