UPenn Econ vs Cornell Econ, international prestige

CayugaRed2005
Mon, 17 May 2010 20:19:56 +0000

Pretty impressive that a school that makes up 1/5 of the undergraduate students can be a “driving force” for the whole thing



Considering that if you drop Cornell’s Ag and Hotel Schools from the reported average, it raises the mean by 20 points, it’s a definitely phenomenon that should be considered, even if its not a “driving force”. If there is a similar (or perhaps, more pronounced?) effect with Wharton, Cornell and Penn would suddenly look the same on paper.

That said, Penn definitely has a more internationally renown economics program. Cornell’s only comparative advantages are in labor and development economics.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Penn is a better school for the social sciences. Cornell is a better school in the natural and engineering sciences. They’re a wash in the humanities.