undergrad econ

College Search & Lists
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<p>Hey does anyone have the rankings for undergrad economics major??
thanks!</p>

2

<p>There are no rankings for undergraduate economics programs specifically, but the rankings of graduate departments (particularly in terms of faculty strength) serve as a very good proxy.</p>

<p>US News:

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (5.0)
    University of Chicago
  2. Harvard University (4.9)
    Princeton University
    Stanford University
    University of California–Berkeley
  3. Yale University (4.8)
  4. Northwestern University (4.6)
  5. University of Pennsylvania (4.5)
  6. University of California–San Diego (4.3)</p>

<p>National Research Council (1994):

  1. U Chicago (4.95)
    Harvard (4.95)
  2. MIT (4.93)
  3. Stanford (4.92)
  4. Princeton (4.84)
  5. Yale (4.7)
  6. UC Berkeley (4.55)
  7. U Penn (4.43)
  8. Northwestern (4.39)
  9. U Minnesota (4.22)</p>

<p>[Coupé’s</a> various rankings](<a href=“http://student.ulb.ac.be/~tcoupe/ranking.html]Coupé’s”>http://student.ulb.ac.be/~tcoupe/ranking.html)</p>

<p>Top by publication output:

  1. Harvard
  2. U Chicago
  3. U Penn
  4. Stanford
  5. MIT
  6. UC Berkeley
  7. Northwestern
  8. Yale
  9. U Michigan
  10. Columbia</p>

<p>Top by citation

  1. Harvard
  2. U Chicago
  3. UC Berkeley
  4. Stanford
  5. U Penn
  6. MIT
  7. Yale
  8. U Michigan
  9. Northwestern
  10. Princeton</p>

<p>Top by publication count of top 5 economists in department:

  1. MIT
  2. Yale
  3. Harvard
  4. U Chicago
  5. Princeton
  6. U Penn
  7. UC Berkeley
  8. Stanford
  9. Northwestern
  10. Columbia</p>

<p>Top by publication count of top 20 economics scholars in department

  1. MIT
  2. Harvard
  3. U Chicago
  4. Yale
  5. Princeton
  6. U Penn
  7. Stanford
  8. UC Berkeley
  9. Northwestern
  10. Columbia</p>
3

<p>There are no undergraduate rankings. But generally speaking, most top 25 Economics PhD programs and top 15 LACs have excellent Econ programs.</p>

<p>RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES:
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of Chicago</p>

<p>Northwestern University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University</p>

<p>Columbia University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Duke University
New York University
University of California-San Diego
University of Rochester
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>LACs:
Amherst College
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna College
Haverford College
Middlebury College
Pomona College
Swarthmore College
Wesleyan College
Williams College</p>

4

<p>Is Rochester really “Internationally known” for economics? Hasn’t it seen a decline since the 70s, Where I think it was at its peak?</p>

<p>Those lists posted, does that mean that all other econ depts. just don’t measure up?</p>

<p>O and a quick question for Alexander, how do you become moderator? Are you appointed or are you the one w/ most posts , or did you start CC?</p>

5

<p>I was looking at the rankings published by the National Research Council and I only found rankings based on Science and Mathematics, but not specifically economics. Could you enlighten us on how to find those rankings? </p>

<p>Alexander: There are Undergraduate rankings but they’re only peer-based and really quite unreliable (i believe usnews does it). Is a school’s graduate ranking really a good indicator of a school’s strength in a certain undergrad subject area?</p>

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<p>Sebma, I did not start CC. I was asked to become a moderator. </p>

<p>Awakien, the USNWR only ranks graduate Econ departments. There hasn’t been a reliable ranking of undergraduate Econ departments in a long time. graduate school rankings are generally a good indication of undergraduate quality, but not always. Furthermore, many departments that do not offer graduate level degrees can have have excellent undergraduate offerings in that department.</p>