<p>I think Claremont McKenna is highly underrated but is one of the best economics schools in the nation.</p>
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you just have to look at mba acceptance rate and average starting sallary of econ majors that graduate from a school to give you an idea of which one you want to go to
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<p>Easier said than done. I haven't been able to find ANY info on this, except for the businessweek undergrad b-school rankings, which has an MBA feeder ranking.</p>
<p>im pretty sure if you call up a college, or contact the economics department they can find out the infromation you need</p>
<p>Econ majors are yuppies.</p>
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im pretty sure if you call up a college, or contact the economics department they can find out the infromation you need
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<p>Well that won't work for the following reasons:</p>
<p>The data simply doesn't exist. Since students don't apply for MBAs directly after graduation, by the time they do apply, they no longer have any ties to their alma mater. The only thing the school can do is send out surveys to all their students, in which case I doubt the data would be too accurate. Some might be too lazy to respond; others might be embarrassed about their rejections. The school has no way of knowing how many of its students apply for MBAs and how many were accepted and where they were accepted. The only way to collect similar data is to go to top MBA schools and look for data on where the students typically come from, but even that information is scarce.</p>
<p>Also, the economics department would have even less of a clue because not everyone who applies for MBAs graduate with an economics degree.</p>
<p>Go with Amherst-you will be highly sought after.</p>
<p>Nothing beats Chicago econ undergrad, three Nobel Prize winners teaching undergrads and Mr. Freakenomics.</p>
<p>Listen, UChicago is ovverrated for UNDERGRADUATE ECONOMICS if people here actaully believe nothing beats Chicago Econ undergrad</p>
<p>Its definetely one of the best, but not the best - which school is actually best is impossible to discern out of all the elite schools out there</p>
<p>yes..uChicago is indeed the best econs school..btw, if anyone interested in UK, LSE can be comparable to uchicago also</p>
<p>LSE is NOT on par with Chicago. Chicago and MIT are in a league of their own. LSE is comparable to Columbia in Economics.</p>
<p>whats wrong with columbia</p>
<p>I don't think that Alexandre said there is anything wrong with Columbia. It just doesn't compare exactly to MIT and Chicago.</p>
<p>Harvard is number one in economics you guys. Wharton is actually business econ so it should be tied for Harvard for #1.</p>
<p>I think it makes no sense to obsess about econ rankings for undergrad. The elites can all get you into good MBA programs. Wharton, Harvard, U of C, LSE, whatever. </p>
<p>Rankings may matter more if you want to do research. But if you apply for a Phd, majoring in Applied Math at a mid-level school will be more likely to get you accepted into a strong Econ grad program than getting honors in Econ from an Elite without taking enough math.</p>
<p>Consider the following post by Mankiw about a Harvard grad with a strong undergrad record (good enough to get into the top Law schools) with weak math who was rejected by EVERY grad school he applied to:</p>
<p>Goankit, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Columbia. It is an amazing university. I was merely stating that Chicago's Econ department is a notch above LSE's...that LSE's Econ department is more similar to Columbia's.</p>
<p>Stanford University has the most rigorous economics major, with some of the best teaching-oriented professors and a strong quantitative emphasis.</p>
<p>Splitting hairs over undergraduate economics is ridiculous, any of the elite colleges will get you exactly what you want for undergraduate econ</p>
<p>Someone choosing Chicago over Harvard or Columbia or any other top school based solely on someone saying it has the "best undergrad econ" would be a horrible mistake - at the undergrad level, I would be suprised if its program was significantly different than other undergrad programs with similarly strong students in quality</p>
<p>Pick the best overall school with the strongest students and take lots of econ and math if you want an Econ PhD, not the one with the best actual Econ grad program you get accepted to</p>
<p>Tehthoughtprocess, the question isn't about the best overall universities but about the best Econ departments. As an Econ major who took 6 graduate level classes in Economics, I can tell you that the quality of the department matters a great deal, even at the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>Georgetown is actually really good for Econ, though it is eclipsed by the Government department as the best in the College.</p>
<p>Alexandre, for undergrad, going to any of the top 10-15 private schools would give you an equal chance to go to a top grad school for economics, thats all I'm saying - I doubt an undergrad at UChicago would have any advantage over an undergrad at Dartmouth or Brown if they want to pursue graduate coursework in economics.</p>