What would your rank of the NESCAC schools by the strength of their Economics program be?
https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.uslacecon.html
NESCAC schools in the order that they appear: Williams, Middlebury, Wesleyan, Hamilton, Bates, Amherst, Bowdoin, Trinity, Colby
Conn College isn’t listed. Tufts isn’t listed because it’s not an LAC.
From the above group, I might most highly recommend (in terms of being home to the most active scholars) Williams, Hamilton, Middlebury and Wesleyan, in that they also appear – even in non-normalized data – among an analysis that includes all U.S. schools:
Economics majors tend to have the following course requirements for the major:
- introductory economics
- intermediate microeconomics
- intermediate macroeconomics
- econometrics
- upper division economics electives
Where they vary tends to be in:
- math intensity, ranging from no calculus to multivariable calculus as prerequisites for intermediate economics
- topics offered as electives
So a check of course catalogs can give you an idea of what leaning a given school’s economics department has. This may be helpful based on your goals. Pre-PhD students may favor greater math intensity and math-based electives. Pre-professional students may find different types of electives to be more useful.
Amherst, Hamilton and Williams have a relationship with Harvard Business School that could be of interest to some economics students:
Amherst, Hamilton, Middlebury and Bates graduates may do particularly well in gaining admission to highly regarded MBA programs:
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