Economics Compared to Dartmouth/Colgate

gellino
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:54:16 +0000

I don’t know if newer info is available, but this study shows Colgate as #9 among LACs with 1.5 Economics PhDs per year, Middlebury as #63 among LACs with 0.3 Economics PhDs per year and Dartmouth as #24 among national universities with 1.4 Economics PhDs per year. I’ve never heard of Claremont McKenna as the #1 LAC for economics and if that were true would think it would rank higher than #50 among LACs in Economics PhD production for the time period measured. Just because Alexandre continues to spew his propaganda doesn’t make it any more true. For starters, Carnagie Mellon’s economics program is not remotely in the same tier as Cornell or Duke.

http://server1.fandm.edu/departments/CollegeRelations/BacOrigins/BacOrg98.pdf

Generally, I don’t think the same student debating between Dartmouth, Colgate, Middlebury is going to be stopped from going to grad school from choosing one over the others. I don’t really think the profs are any better at Dartmouth; it’s just as I’ve discussed with a friend who was a economics prof at both Colgate and Dartmouth is that the students at Dartmouth are smarter; so are more likely, on average to accomplish more. From my experience, I otherwise agree with Slipper as far as job placement is concerned.