I’m planning on majoring in statistics and economics, and I can’t find a good way to rank these schools. I plan on either going the economics phd route, or doing something in data science / statistical consulting. Weather, sports, and campus life don’t matter to me. I just want to know which one will give me the best results for the aforementioned goals
Duke, NW, Cornell, Rice
for econ, Northwestern has historically been rated several spots higher than Duke. Just the opposite for Stats.
Cornell is strong in both, but below the other two, while Rice brings up the rear.
So, pick between Evanston or Durham. Both are considered top tier by academics in their fields.
Northwestern tends to be an easy school to recommend for the study of economics.
You may want to take a look at Mathematical Methods in Social Sciences at Northwestern:
Founded in 1978, Northwestern’s unique MMSS Program allows a select group of high ability students to combine the study of social sciences with rigorous training in mathematics, statistics, and formal modeling. The program allows students gifted in mathematics to explore fields beyond math and science, and prepares them to succeed in graduate study and in a wide variety of careers in the social sciences and business. It also provides ideal preparation for students planning to enroll in one of the Kellogg Undergraduate Certificate Programs in their junior or senior year.
Students can enter the program either as freshmen or sophomores. I don’t know if it’s too late to ask for freshman entry but it doesn’t hurt to ask if you are interested.
Here’s the employment placements for the class of 2019:
Accenture
Analysis Group (2)
Applied Predictive Technologies(MasterCard)
AQR Capital Management
BCG
Capital One
Chicago Trading Company
Civis Analytics
Credit Suisse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Financial Technology Partners
FiveThirtyEight
McKinsey & Company
Morningstar
Oliver Wyman
PEAK6 Investments (2)
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Silicon Valley Bank
Societe Generale
Strategy&
The Cambridge Group
The NorthBridge Group
UBS
Graduate School:
Berkeley PhD
Carnegie Mellon MS
Northwestern BA/MS
Princeton PhD
Here’s the program’s stats:
Number of students in program: 148
Female: 36%
International: 23%
Average test scores of entering first-year students:
SAT Math: 784
SAT Crit. Reading: 750
SAT Writing: 768
ACT Math: 35
ACT Comp: 34.5
First-year-entry acceptance rate of students admitted into Northwestern: 66%
Sophomore-entry acceptance rate: 69%
First-year-entry attrition rate over past 3 years: 9%
Sophomore-entry attrition rate over past 3 years: 6%
Second majors of senior class:
Econ: 25
Econ/Math: 6
Econ/Comp Sci: 3
Econ/Poli Sci: 1
Econ/Dance: 1
Engineering: 4
Learning and Organizational Change: 1
Math: 1
Poli Sci/Math: 1
Psychology: 1
Sociology: 1