<p>So how good is the econ department at Duke? How's the job placement with people graduating with Econ majors? Do they go to work for banks/investment firms, the Fed, or go do postgrad or law school?</p>
<p>I think econ is the most popular major at Duke, and job placement is known to be strong. Econ majors do various things after graduating - i-banking is big, and also consulting. Law school is probably somewhat common also. </p>
<p>From personal experience, I didn't really like the two econ classes I took and decided not to continue, but it could be that I don't have so much interest in econ in general. If you do, I'm sure Duke would be a good choice for econ.</p>
<p>^^^ got it right. If you have any more questions I'm an econ major who'd be happy to answer them. :)</p>
<p>any any ivy/duke/stanford/MIT/etc, econ depts are usually solid and will get you good job prospects, especially if you aren't scared of a little math</p>
<p>Yeah I love economics. I'm doing the Fed Challenge this year at school, and I catch myself sometimes wishing I could spend all my time at school working on it! In reality, I can see myself either being an econ, accounting, or finance major. I really want to double major w/ chinese as well, and I think Duke would be a good fit for me as well. I realize that Duke doesn't offer a business school, but economics would suit me quite well :). Duke basketball doesn't hurt ;).</p>
<p>Dosen't Duke have a business school?</p>
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Yes, Duke has a business school (a darned good one), but it's not open to undergrads. Most pre-business undergrads major in econ and/or do the Markets & Management certificate. Duke has intentionally avoided a business major, and Program II proposals that try to create one are rejected.</p>
<p>sweet - I did Fed challenge in high school too! If you liked Fed Challenge and like math/logical thinking, then I think you'll like Econ here.</p>
<p>Duke's department isn't historically known like Harvard or UChicago, but it offers a lot of courses in micro, macro, finance, and econ history and we pretty much get the professors from the "top schools" (e.g. the chairman's from Stanford and a kick-ass professor). Plus they have upperclassmen research opportunities and it's easy to double major if you wish.</p>
<p>In terms of job placement, most seem to be in it to do Ibanking, consulting, or prebusiness in general. Some tend to head to law school. My impression is that not many go on to grad school or actually become economists...</p>
<p>I'm going to grad school. :) There are definitely opportunities for research that would benefit pre-grad students tremendously, although the econ department doesn't hold your hand through this as much as some other departments thanks to its sheer size.</p>