<p>I'm posting in order to elicit input as to what types of differences I would have in being recruited out of college with an Economics degree, specifically into consulting.</p>
<p>Tufts University
Columbia University
Brown University
Northwestern University
Cornell University
New York University</p>
<p>As for being recruited:
<p>Is Tufts that bad/not as recognized or are the other five that good?</p>
<p>Northwestern is at least as good as Columbia in Econ. Here’s how I would rate the schools for undergraduate Economics:</p>
<p>Columbia and Northwestern</p>
<p>small gap</p>
<p>Cornell and Brown</p>
<p>small gap</p>
<p>NYU</p>
<p>larger gap</p>
<p>Tufts</p>
<p>What are you guys basing that off of?</p>
<p>Faculty, curriculum, breadth and depth of course offerings, research opportunities, research output by faculty, intellectual energy, professional and graduate school placement etc…</p>
<p>Sorry, I meant what are your sources of information? It seems unlikely that you would be able to personally evaluate the faculty, depth of courses, intellectual energy, and other purely qualitative factors at six different universities. Even research opportunities and professional/grad school placement are typically difficult numbers to come by, as the first rarely has statistics compiled on it at all and the second requires tracking down grads who may pursue their education or career years after graduation and not report it to their undergrad school.</p>
<p>There seems to be a lot of rankings thrown out on this site that are said in words as hard as cannonballs and yet have nothing but personal opinion behind them. This seems a disservice to prospective students.</p>
<p>I personally mix the rankings (only graduate rankings availlable) to determine quality of faculty and research output. Those rankings are readily availlable to all. Generally speaking, NU and Columbia are ranked between #7 and #13, Brown, Cornel and NYU are ranked between #10 and #20 and Tufts isn’t usually ranked in the top 40. </p>
<p>I generally know where major companies recruit the most, so I mix that knowledge with the rankings. </p>
<p>Large research universities typically have larger faculties and offer more depth and breadth of courses. Those that have larger endowments typically have the resources to offer more undergraduate research opportunities. </p>
<p>Of course, no system is perfect, but generallt speaking, if one does their homework and has access to sufficient information, it is possible to evaluate the quality of certain programs.</p>
<ol>
<li>Claremont McKenna College</li>
<li>The Rest.</li>
</ol>
<p>Seriously, look into CMC.</p>
<p>Only graduate rankings available. For large research universities, the professors who teach grad classes are often not the same professors who teach undergrad. Some of the most prolific researchers don’t even teach classes, so what relevance does that have for an undergraduate?
And in terms of research output, I know several rankings judge schools and departments in terms of total output, rather than in terms of output per professor, or quality of output judged by number of citations per publication. This skews the rankings towards a “bigger is better” mentality.</p>
<p>I know that you aren’t asking for new suggestions, but why did you leave out the University of Chicago? That’s arguable the strongest economics program in the country, or at the very least, the program richest in history…</p>
<p>^ Seconded.</p>
<p>Keep in mind the OP is asking for the best recruited programs, not necessarily the “best academic” ones, just a minor formality</p>
<p>The best recruited ones are usually just the best overall universities</p>
<p>I would disagree with the above. Geography and tradition come into play to a very considerable degree when discussing recruitment.</p>
<p>^ Very true, I don’t disagree with that, that kind of plays into my argument. While Northwestern has a killer econ program, Cornell will be more highly recruited simply because of its proximity to the major east coast cities, catch my drift? But, if you want to stay in the Midwest in cities like Chicago, Northwestern will be very highly recruited</p>
<p>i’m guessing there’s not a lot of recruiting at tulane for econ/finance?</p>
<p>Actually, Tulane does well for finance. Economics is not nearly as strong at Tulane but it’s still good. </p>
<p>Tulane Finance:</p>
<p>Energy Trading Video from CNBC:
[Video</a> - CNBC.com](<a href=“http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=615836031&play=1]Video”>http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=615836031&play=1)</p>
<p>Tulane’s Finance Dept. ranked in Top 10 in World
[Tulane</a> University - Financial Times Names Tulane University Among World’s Top 10 Schools for Finance](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/news/releases/012808.cfm]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/news/releases/012808.cfm)</p>
<p>Tulane’s Equity Research Program
[Freeman</a> School @ Tulane](<a href=“http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/burkenroad/whatis.php]Freeman”>About Burkenroad Reports - Freeman School | Tulane)</p>
<p>Tulane’s Darwin Fenner Program
[Freeman</a> School @ Tulane](<a href=“http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/fenner/]Freeman”>http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/fenner/)</p>
<p>Also, Finance and Economics are completely different disciplines. Econ and Finance are way too often grouped together. Only now are schools like Chicago trying to merge the two disciplines into Financial Economics programs. They are typically more finance focused than econ-focused and this is typically only tried at the PhD level.</p>
<p>For quality, i would agree with Alexandre.</p>
<p>Depending on where you want to work, the schools will be more or less attractive.
For NYC specifically, the order will go:</p>
<p>Columbia
Cornell/NYU
(TINY gap)
Northwestern/Brown
(Pretty Noticeable Gap)
Tufts</p>