<p>Top undergraduate programs:</p>
<p>HYP, MIT, Chicago, Dartmouth, Wellesley, Amherst.</p>
<p>Top undergraduate program at a state school: Wisconsin</p>
<p>That's quite a list... quite an inaccurate list.</p>
<p>I don't think any one "list" is definitive. But that's my list based on what I've seen and heard.</p>
<p>George Mason's department was ranked #1 in the Mid-Atlantic over JHU and Georgetown on a list that I saw. It's probably fairly legit because all I ever hear about that school is mercatus or some other econ. research stuff.</p>
<p>I tell you, look at Claremont McKenna. It is really very good.</p>
<p>Yes, I should have had CMC on my list above.</p>
<p>what economic programs would be good for law schools</p>
<p>Law schools won't care which Econ department you attended as an undergrad as much as they will care about your GPA, your LSAT and the overall quality of your undergraduate education. Any respected university would do really.</p>
<p>First of all, I believe the top undergrad econ program at a public univ. would have to be at Michigan, not Wisconsin. </p>
<p>Second, I think it is a very legitimate discussion of which Econ department is the best. Yes, any top privates will give you an awesome education, but one thing that should be a deciding factor between your colleges is the strength of the program you're interested in. Obviously one should not choose UChicago over Harvard solely based their undergrad economic departmnt, but realize there is a big selectivity gap between them. When you are considering universitites at UChicago's level in terms of selectivity, the strength of the Econ program could make the difference. That's my opinion at least</p>
<p>If Wisconsin gets to be up there, so does UVa.</p>
<p>For Pre-Law, I would start with the following list as a guide. I would weight it even more strongly towards the smaller schools on the list for econ & Prelaw, because econ tends to be a very popular major at the large universities and having less competition in your classes can be a boon. I'd give a good look at places like Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Yale, Dartmouth, Carleton, Princeton and Wellesley.</p>
<p>I agree that Michigan is a possible contender for best undergraduate econ at a public university. Other possible contenders are UCSD, UVA, Minnesota, UCBerkeley, and University of Iowa. But I would still give the nod to Wisconsin, personally.</p>
<p>The above is worse than the one I'm about to give you, as it only talks about Yale Law school...</p>
<p>The problem with the above is that its also including pre-med and pre-business school, so its hard to isolate which ones are the best solely for pre-law...though I'd suspect the top 15 or so schools are safe bets for any field</p>
<p>Definitely UChicago, again.</p>
<p>Then MIT and Princeton.</p>
<p>Top undergraduate programs:</p>
<p>HYP, Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, Chicago.</p>
<p>I believe this goes for grad programs as well.</p>
<p>The best places to study economics in the United States are Chicago, MIT, Harvard, and Princeton. If you want to go international (Europe), I'd suggest Cambridge and the LSE (London School of Economics).</p>
<p>I would say CAL-Berkeley is the best school for Economics along with Harvard, UofChicago and MIT. In the UK: LSE, Oxford, Cambridge and Warwick</p>
<p>It is the universal truth that UChicago is the ultimate dominator in the fields of Economics.</p>
<p>It's pretty pointless to major in Economics in a school with Business Program.
You become the 2nd choice for recruiters after the Business students.</p>
<p>“It is the universal truth that UChicago is the ultimate dominator in the fields of Economics.”</p>
<p>-Maybe in your mind…</p>
<p>dhl, it isn't true that Econ majors at schools that have BBA programs are marginalized by employers. I majored in Economics at a school that has a decent BBA program and I'd say Econ majors were received just as warmly by corporate recruiters.</p>