<p>How does Middlebury's economics program compare to that of Dartmouth and Colgate?</p>
<p>I'm an econ major and quite involved with the department...I'm not familiar with Dartmouth's or Colgate's programs though, so it would easier for me to answer specific questions if you have them.</p>
<p>I will say that if your goal is a graduate economics degree, Middlebury might not be the best program. We send graduates on to PhDs extremely rarely.</p>
<p>Its not about the "program" if your looking to go into banking/ consulting. Overall in terms of recruiting Dartmouth is the hands down winner here (its top 5 overall of any school). Middlebury and Colgate are about equal, both being reasonably strong but a couple levels down from Dartmouth.</p>
<p>For someone looking to go into a graduate program I would again put Dartmouth first, followed by the other two about the same.</p>
<p>Best econ program amongst liberal arts colleges are Claremont McKenna, Williams and Amherst. I saw it in an article somewhere based on the quality of the professors and curriculum.</p>
<p>Read this article about David Colander:</p>
<p>Economic</a> Principals</p>
<p>Among research universities:</p>
<p>GROUP I:
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago</p>
<p>GROUP II:
Columbia University
Northwestern University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University</p>
<p>GROUP III:
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Duke University
New York University
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Rochester
University of Texas-Austin
University of Virginia</p>
<p>Excellent LAC Economics programs:
Amherst College
Barnard College (Women's college)
Bowdoin College
Claremont McKenna College (#1 among LACs in Economics)
Colgate College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Haverford College
Macalester College
Middlebury College
Pomona College
Swarthmore College
Wesleyan University
Williams College</p>
<p>I don't know if newer info is available, but this study shows Colgate as #9 among LACs with 1.5 Economics PhDs per year, Middlebury as #63 among LACs with 0.3 Economics PhDs per year and Dartmouth as #24 among national universities with 1.4 Economics PhDs per year. I've never heard of Claremont McKenna as the #1 LAC for economics and if that were true would think it would rank higher than #50 among LACs in Economics PhD production for the time period measured. Just because Alexandre continues to spew his propaganda doesn't make it any more true. For starters, Carnagie Mellon's economics program is not remotely in the same tier as Cornell or Duke. </p>
<p>Generally, I don't think the same student debating between Dartmouth, Colgate, Middlebury is going to be stopped from going to grad school from choosing one over the others. I don't really think the profs are any better at Dartmouth; it's just as I've discussed with a friend who was a economics prof at both Colgate and Dartmouth is that the students at Dartmouth are smarter; so are more likely, on average to accomplish more. From my experience, I otherwise agree with Slipper as far as job placement is concerned.</p>