<p>Among research universities:</p>
<p>GROUP I:
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago</p>
<p>GROUP II:
Columbia University
Northwestern University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University</p>
<p>GROUP III:
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Duke University
New York University
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Rochester
University of Texas-Austin
University of Virginia</p>
<p>Excellent LAC Economics programs:
Amherst College
Barnard College (Women’s college)
Bowdoin College
Claremont McKenna College (#1 among LACs in Economics)
Colgate College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Haverford College
Macalester College
Middlebury College
Pomona College
Swarthmore College
Wesleyan University
Williams College</p>