<p>I was wondering which one has a better Econ department for undergrad?
I heard that UCSD is top 10 in the nation, what about UCLA?</p>
<p>Thank you,
-Spenser</p>
<p>At the graduate level, UCSD is #10 and UCLA is #11. In other words, they are roughly equal. At the undergraduate level, it is hard to gauge the quality of a program. There is no real way of comparing undergraduate programs.</p>
<p>UCLA econ is good too.</p>
<p>I think you’re referring to the USNews graduate ranking for econ:
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Score 5.0<br>
1 University of Chicago Chicago, IL Score 5.0<br>
3 Harvard University Cambridge, MA Score 4.9<br>
3 Princeton University Princeton, NJ Score 4.9<br>
3 Stanford University Stanford, CA Score 4.9<br>
3 University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA Score 4.9<br>
7 Yale University New Haven, CT Score 4.8<br>
8 Northwestern University Evanston, IL Score 4.6<br>
9 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Score 4.5<br>
10 University of California–San Diego La Jolla, CA Score 4.3<br>
11 Columbia University New York, NY Score 4.2<br>
11 University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Score 4.2<br>
11 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Score 4.2<br>
11 University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI Score 4.2 </p>
<p>Go for environment vs. program rank, because the differences are negligble. I would prefer UCLA’s more active campus environment. UCSD is kinda weird with the residential college system…just my opinion.</p>