<p>Add to the list-Bates College. I heard it had a decent Eco Dep. More than half of student body majors in Econ. Pretty impressive!!!</p>
<p>I don't think % majoring says much about the quality of the program.</p>
<p>Besides, fewer than 20% of Bates students major in Econ, not over 50%.</p>
<p>What exactly makes one econ dept better than another?</p>
<p>1) Quality of the faculty
2) Course selection/Curriculum
3) Intensity and faculty expectations
4) Faculty connections to top graduate programs
5) Professional placement</p>
<p>thanks Alexandre</p>
<p>I asked my boss at JP Morgan, where I intern, about these rankings in relation to how he viewed them and how he used them when recruiting students for full-time positions. He said he doesn't use rankings but rather recruits from certain target schools, but in his experience he would group the following programs as follows (he was an economics major at Georgetown):</p>
<p>GROUP I:</p>
<p>Harvard University
Masachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of Chicago
Northwestern University</p>
<p>GROUP II:</p>
<p>University of California-Berkeley
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University
Columbia University</p>
<p>GROUP III:</p>
<p>University of California-Los Angeles
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Cornell University
New York University
Duke University</p>
<p>GROUP IV:
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Georgetown University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Rochester
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>GROUP V:
Boston University
University of California-San Diego
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Minnesota
University of Texas-Austin</p>
<p>a friend from W&M got his PhD at Yale and is now teaching at Davidson. Said he was very well prepared.</p>
<p>but in his experience he would group the following programs as follows (he was an economics major at Georgetown):</p>
<p>To say the least, those are pretty intersting rankings, but that's OK.</p>
<p>a friend from W&M got his PhD at Yale and is now teaching at Davidson. Said he was very well prepared.</p>
<p>I'll Echo MF's comments. The dept is decent for prep.</p>
<p>"To say the least, those are pretty intersting rankings, but that's OK."</p>
<p>You mind elaborating? What do you see as not correct? I believe they are quite accurate.</p>
<p>Its not not incorrect, but, I don't know. Its strange seeing some top programs low, and vice versa. For Example, I'd go with:</p>
<p>GROUP I:
Harvard University
Masachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of Chicago
University of California-Berkeley</p>
<p>GROUP II:
Northwestern University
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University
Columbia University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
New York University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of California-San Diego</p>
<p>Group III
University of Maryland-College Park
Cornell University
UT
University of Rochester
Boston University
University of Minnesota</p>
<p>Group IV:
UVA
Hopkins
Duke
CMU
Georgetown</p>
<p>This is how most people within the field would more or less group the schools, I think. Simply looking at undergrad may shake things up a bit, but I doubt it would to the extent of what your boss does. Remember, different people are looking for different things, and likely, the people your boss runs across likely aren't the best graduates these depts produce.</p>
<p>That makes sense - your groupings like quite good as well.</p>
<p>What about Georgetown's International Economics program? Is it any good?</p>
<p>How about Bates College?</p>
<p>Does anyone know of a ranking of Econ programs among LACs ?</p>
<p>Georgetown has become synonymous with international studies. Anything international there is strong. Top LAC's usually mean top econ programs.</p>
<p>how about Tufts and economics?</p>
<p>Yes, and if my friend got into more than one LAC / Ivy, he is interested in figuring out which one to go to.</p>
<p>LACs:
Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Middlebury, Swarthmore, Vassar, Wesleyan, Williams
Ivies:
Brown, Dartmouth, Yale</p>
<p>So far, only Bates has decided, and he got in...so he's wondering if he got into others, how to rank them purely on strength of the Economics program.</p>
<p>Anyone have an opinion on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Economics programs at the following elite schools?</p>
<p>LACs:
Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Middlebury, Swarthmore, Vassar, Wesleyan, Williams</p>
<p>Ivies:
Brown, Dartmouth, Yale</p>
<p>which ones better: LSE (in UK) or Carleton college or Brandeis University?</p>
<p>Some info that some of you may find interesting</p>
<p>Top American Sources of Eventual Economics Ph.D.s, 1997-2003</p>
<p>Harvard University 86
University of California-Berkeley 69
Cornell University 51
Stanford University 51
University of Wisconsin-Madison 46
University of Michigan 40
Swarthmore College 39
Yale University 39
Princeton University 37
MIT 35
University of Pennsylvania 34
University of Maryland 30
Brigham Young University 28
University of Virginia 28
College of William and Mary 27
Columbia University 27
Texas A&M University 27
University of Illinois 26
University of Texas 26
University of California-Davis 25
University of Massachusetts 25
Williams College 25
UCLA 24
Duke University 23
Miami University 23
Michigan State University 23
Northwestern University 23</p>
<p>Institution Size Normalized Top American Sources of Eventual Economics
Ph.D.s, 1997-2003</p>
<p>Name|PhD's Generated| Undergrad Degrees| Econ PhD's per 1000 degrees</p>
<p>Swarthmore College 39 2579 15.12
Agnes Scott College 7 771 9.08
Grinnell College 20 2212 9.04
Carleton College 22 3127 7.04
Williams College 25 3593 6.96
Harvard University 86 12500 6.88
Macalester College 17 2620 6.49
Princeton University 37 7742 4.78
Trinity University 16 3515 4.55
MIT 35 7849 4.46
Stanford University 51 11597 4.40
Yale University 39 9115 4.28
Wabash College 5 1274 3.92
Bowdoin College 10 2557 3.91
University of Chicago 21 5567 3.77
Oberlin College 19 5038 3.77
Wellesley College 15 4099 3.66
Earlham College 6 1700 3.53
Kalamazoo College 6 1726 3.48
Beloit College 5 1531 3.27
Pomona College 8 2491 3.21
Illinois Wesleyan University 8 2529 3.16
College of William and Mary 27 8737 3.09
Amherst College 9 2917 3.09
Columbia University 27 8932 3.02
Rice University 13 4434 2.93</p>