<p>how is the economics program at Yale, and why?</p>
<p>bump 10 char</p>
<p>...still bumping</p>
<p>people usually put Yale in the top 10.</p>
<p>Top economics programs (in no particular order, although HSM and C are usually considered the top four):
MIT
Chicago
Stanford
Harvard
Berkeley
Yale
Columbia</p>
<p>thank you for the info</p>
<p>is anyone on this board an econ major at yale that can say anything about it?</p>
<p>all responses are appreciated!</p>
<p>USNEWS Grad Econ:</p>
<ol>
<li> Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0
University of Chicago 5.0 </li>
<li> Harvard University (MA) 4.9
Princeton University (NJ) 4.9
Stanford University (CA) 4.9
University of CaliforniaBerkeley 4.9</li>
</ol>
<p>Yale econ is a great program, I was a major. What specific questions do you have?</p>
<p>When choosing between Yale and Harvard, one of the reasons that I chose Harvard was the stronger econ. program. Many posters here have already referenced that the "Big 5" of Economic-Academia are Harvard, MIT, UChicago, Stanford, and Princeton.</p>
<p>That's not to say that Yale's econ department isn't stellar. In fact, some Yale econ majors I talked to really liked the proximity of Yale to NYC, which they were hoping would open up IBanking oppertunities for them. However, if you are sure that Economics is your passion - and think that you'll be able to take advantage of slightly more accomplished professors - I'd recommend you look at any of the "Big 5"</p>
<p>yes, any of the big 5
Princeton
UChicago
Harvard
MIT
Stanford</p>
<p>will open you up to many opportunities. Often times, people say Princeton's is the most advantageous because of its ideal location for economics majors and those interested in future i-banking (perfect location between NYC and Philly). But all 5 schools have excellent economics programs, but that doesnt mean other schools (like yale) dont have great programs either.</p>
<p>Raven, while I respect your post, I disagree with it...</p>
<p>Stanford, Chicago, MIT, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are all places where you can get superior economics education. You are correct in saying that at least in graduate education, the "big 5" are a small bit "better" than Yale.</p>
<p>But that means almost nothing at the undergraduate level. All 6 (actually, also throw in a variety of other schools, such as Dartmouth, Columbia, whatever) will provide you roughly the same opportunities as far as academics and jobs go.</p>
<p>However, Stanford, Chicago, MIT, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton offer vastly different undergraduate experiences. Choose based on that, not on major...</p>
<p>One thing I think College Confidential posters need to realize is that for the most part, wrangling about majors, programs, chances a jobs, how good one department is at one school or another, etc. is largely irrelevant at the undergraduate level. 2/3s of your courses at any top undergrad are taken outside of the major, and half or more of your time is focused on activities outside of the classroom anyway.</p>
<p>Just to present an example, I turned down MIT for Yale, even though I was planning on majoring in economics. Why? Because I wanted a more balanced education and I felt I would like the undergrad experience a lot more at Yale than I would at MIT. If you choose Harvard over Yale, choose it because you think you would enjoy it more and because it has slightly smarter / more accomplished students, not because of the economics dept. Choose Chicago over Yale because of the Core, or Stanford over Yale because of the weather and quality of the opposite sex. At this level other factors should come into play...</p>
<p>Yale is extremely good for econometrics, so if you are interested in that branch of economics then it is a good option.</p>
<p>Stanford econometrics is still the most rigorous and comprehensive program available.</p>
<p>YaleSocietyMember, I agree with you. There are so many reasons to chose a college that it would be a gross oversimplification for most applicants to eliminate schools based on one criterion. </p>
<p>However, the original asked us to evaluate the economics programs in a vacuum, irrespective of extraneous things like "the weather and quality of the opposite sex." If economics is truly this poster's passion, then the relative quality of the departments IS extremely relevant in his college selection. Of course, the "weight" of this criterion is proportional to the depth of his or her passion, but that's for him to decide, not us.</p>
<p>Yale offers 3 econometrics courses, and you will likely take only one of them as an econ major, so I don't see the wisdom choosing on econometrics</p>
<p>In addition, if you DO want to choose based on major, also look at the "econ-like" majors offered at each school. Yale offers and econ & math major (more quantitative) and an ethics, politics, and economics major (application only major that focuses on politics as well as econ). Harvard offers social studies (interdisciplinary major that you can include a hefty amount of econ in). </p>
<p>The basic way to compare this is not by graduate department ranking but by going to each school's course catalogue.</p>
<p>How about college for Economics and International Relations Combination?</p>
<p>Redstar,</p>
<p>Yale has an international studies major that can only be taken as a second major (you would have to combine it with something like econ). Brown has an international studies major, and with their lax course requirements, I am sure you could pull off a double major if you wanted. Princeton has the Wilson School, maybe you could pull off an economics focus Wilson major. You could do Georgetown SFS and focus on economics. You could go to Harvard, major in economics, and take a few international politics classes from the Government department. There are a variety of ways to do this.</p>
<p>Like I said, the only good way to make these decisions is to go to online course catalogues. Every school has them.</p>
<p>Cool people like Ernesto Zedillo (former pres of mexico) teach econ at yale....</p>
<p>Yeah, Ernesto Zedillo and T.N. Srinivasan (one of the top intl trade economists in the world) team taught an econ class on International Trade. I took a seminar with Srinivasan on trade, guy is a genius. Zedillo is also very smart.</p>