Best School for PHD in Economics?

<p>What schools have the best graduate programs in Economics? And don't mention University of Chicago or Ivy League schools. Aside from those 9, what schools have top programs in economics.</p>

<p>Well most people agree on these rankings from econphd.net</p>

<p>1 Harvard U USA 210.7 121
2 U Chicago USA 159.3 94
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA 136.8 65
4 U California - Berkeley USA 134.9 93
5 Princeton U USA 118.3 52
6 Stanford U USA 114.3 92
7 Northwestern U USA 112.9 68
8 U Pennsylvania USA 110.9 78
9 Yale U USA 108.9 60
10 New York U (NYU) USA 105.1 82
11 U California - Los Angeles (UCLA) USA 94.9 70
12 London School of Economics (LSE) UK 94.9 74
13 Columbia U USA 93.2 85
14 U Wisconsin - Madison USA 69.5 53
15 Cornell U USA 68.6 66
16 U Michigan - Ann Arbor USA 68.0 66
17 U Maryland - College Park USA 67.4 65
18 U Toulouse I (Sciences Sociales) France 65.3 34
19 U Texas - Austin USA 62.1 43
20 U British Columbia Canada 61.6 52
21 U California - San Diego USA 61.4 29
22 U Rochester USA 58.0 35
23 Ohio State U USA 57.7 54
24 Tilburg U Netherlands 56.8 58
25 U Illinois - Urbana-Champaign USA 56.6 58
26 Boston U USA 56.0 28
27 Brown U USA 52.8 30
28 U California - Davis USA 49.3 47
29 U Minnesota USA 48.8 54
30 Tel Aviv U</p>