<p>I am a senior in high school and I am doing a dual enrollment program at a local university. One of the classes i'm taking is microeconomics and i'm planning on taking macro next year. I've always said that my interest lies in business, not economics, but i'm really loving my class and am now starting to consider economics as a possible major. I've already applied to multipe schools with top business programs (UVA, UNC, USC, Penn, Penn State) but I want to consider possibly applying to schools with really strong economic programs.
Any advice as to what some of these schools may be (particularly in the south, along the east coast, or california)?</p>
<p>U of Chicago has probably one of the best economic programs in the country....</p>
<p>I'm not big on cold weather... any other suggestions?</p>
<p>Pomona, Berkeley, UCLA and UCSD all have really good econ programs, but they're also pretty hard to get into, especially since you're OOS.</p>
<p>To be honest, there really aren't that many schools in the south with really strong econ programs. Duke, Johns Hopkins and UVA have strong econ programs. UT and UMD have pretty good econ programs.</p>
<p>what are your stats and where do you live. Claremont McKenna has a great econ program.</p>
<p>Berkeley: top undergraduate business school AND top economics department. But, you can only apply to one program. Haas business school it is a two-year upper division program. Admission is competitive.</p>
<p>Most top universities will have good Econ departments. That includes Cal, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, UCLA, UCSD, UNC, UT-Austin, UVa and Vanderbilt. Half of those schools have top-ranked BBA programs.</p>
<p>Also check out LACs such as Claremont McKenna, Davidson, Haverford, Pomona, Reed and Swarthmore.</p>
<p>Out of state won't matter for Pomona, as it's private, but UCB, UCLA are tough from out of state.</p>
<p>I'm from Pennsylvania. Bumppp</p>
<p>any other east coast/south suggestions?</p>
<p>Carnagie Mellon has a strong program</p>