NYU (CAS) vs UCLA for Econ

College Search & Selection
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Hello college confidential,

I’ve been accepted into NYU(CAS) and UCLA’s class of 2024. I wish to major in economics and was wondering which one of the 2 schools would be better for me in terms of :

  1. Job opportunities
  2. Reputation for Grad school (better faculty or better recommendation letters possibly?)
  3. Reasearch and internship Opportunities
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Both would be good, but you could give the edge to NYU if you would like:

https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.usecondept.html

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@chunkyspaghettisauce . . . since you’re bringing up only job, grad-school and research prospects without mentioning campus atmosphere, finances, etc. . . they’d both be excellent at providing the these things.

Then perhaps you could factor in where you might want to be at graduation with respect to both schools: NYC and the northeast or Los Angeles or Southern California/California in general.

Overall, both have excellent programs if you decide you want to switch your focus.