<p>I wasn't so interested in economics, but it seems Northwestern has a really strong program in econ. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.hss.caltech.edu/ss/phd/rankings%5B/url%5D">http://www.hss.caltech.edu/ss/phd/rankings</a></p>
<p>Well Northwestern is one of those top schools that is strong in a lot of things. </p>
<p>A friend of mine is strongly leaning towards NW. He wants to be an economics major and a music minor. </p>
<p>An economics degree from NW is probably on par with a degree from any Ivy.</p>
<p>That's why our team had been the national champion of College Fed Challenge two years in a row. :)</p>