<p>I'm doing my college search, and I want to find colleges that have excellent undergraduate economics programs, so I hope somebody can give me a list about it. I do know all Ivies are good with that, so I hope somebody can tell me more about those non-ivies that also have good econ programs, thanks a lot.</p>
<p>your home state ? your EFC ? </p>
<p>UPenn
CUNY Baruch
Carnegie Mellon
NYU
Boston
UMich
UC-Berkeley</p>
<p>Use the search function for this forum. This question has been asked many times. Be warned that you will see plenty of whimsical and uneducated answers from high school kids who go by name recognition only.</p>
<p>Most colleges are decent in terms of Econ departments. However, check the size and qualifications of the faculty.</p>
<p>Is your goal to get a PhD in economics? If so, consider the following:</p>
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<li>Whether the intermediate microeconomics and econometrics courses are willing to use more math (as indicated by math prerequisites higher than frosh calculus).</li>
<li>Whether the school has good math and statistics offerings.</li>
</ul>
<p>Some non-Ivies with strong Econ departments would include: MIT, Chicago, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, NYU, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, and Duke. Many of the top LACs also have very good Econ programs.</p>
<p>It just takes a few whiteboards and professors to teach econ so it isn’t as if some school will have incredible resources few others can touch. You can learn enough about econ (ndergrad level) just about anywhere. So you ought to think instead about what you want to do with your degree. </p>
<p>If you are thinking as a launching point into the workforce then look at job placement stats, who recruits on campus, etc. Some fields such as i-banking or consulting tend to put most of their emphasis on a small number of schools. It isn’t so much that the Ivies, Stanford, and other top schools do a better job of teaching econ or any other liberal-arts topic (although I bet there is disagreement on that claim); its that they only let the top students in, effectively doing a lot of screening for future employers. That’s why many firms will hire grads from those schools no matter their major; they’re betting on the kid and their ability to learn/work, not so much looking at what they already know. </p>
<p>If you are thinking of a PhD in Econ, then you want to do 2 things. First, find a school with enough math rigor in their program as pointed out already. Second is to consider yourself. For grad school recs are going to be important, as is the network your profs have at other schools. If you are outgoing and willing to go to office hours then you can get to know some profs even at the largest public. Otherwise you might want a school where they pride themselves in the faculty getting to know students and in their personal attention to undergrads.</p>