<p>My daughter has been admitted to Wisconsin and has the "likely" signals from NYU. Nothing yet from Northwestern. She wants to major in Economics. If money was no object which of these three would be the best for Economics? We live in Illinois.</p>
<p>I would say NYU for econ if money isnt an option. Northwestern and Wisc are not bad choices, but for Econ majors location is a big deal. NYU has Wall Street.</p>
<p>For some reason a lot of kids that I know pick/picked between NYU and Wisconsin. Anyway, it's a really different expierence. Not sure what to say about NU, but Wisconsin has a great econ department and a much different feel from NYU. I'd say it should be on she fits in the campuses. Also, although money is supposedly not an issue, she'd save quite a lot going to Madison over the 50k/yr NYU</p>
<p>Econ doesn't REALLY have that much to do with wall street stuff as one might assume...</p>
<p>Having said that, NYU's econ department is definitely highly regarded (and professors are awesome to boot).</p>
<p>CAS will be your teacher and NYC will be your classroom- sorry, I ripped that off one of their brochures. :) NYU definetely. better recruting, top class professors, and well regarded.</p>
<p>im not sure if posing this here is the best idea, there could always be biased opinions. 'COULD'. But from my views, which are possibly biased, northwesterns econ department is definitely not bad, at least as good as wisconsin i would imagine. i duno how it is compared to nyu tho, since i duno too much about nyu. </p>
<p>"better recruting, top class professors, and well regarded."</p>
<p>im pretty sure northwestern has those as well. maybe there are some reason for nrothwestern being ranked top 20 in USNEWS? (not in a sarcastic way)</p>
<p>yeh im just trying to look at this issue from a different view. the three schools are awesome schools for sure. but they are very different in terms of size, campus etc etc. so maybe you should factor that into your decision</p>
<p>assuming that the programs/courses/profs were COMEPLTELY identical between NW, Wiscon. and NYU...</p>
<p>NYU still wins. why? firstly:
location, location, location. typically an econ major is gonna work in an urban/corporate environment. NYC is the financial center of the world. NYU will give him/her a better feel for what he/she is getting into.</p>
<p>AND: lets not forget internships! NYU has a widespread notoriety for their internships, no matter the field. I cant imagine NYU falling short for an econ major. it just cant happen (where else in the world can you just as easily intern for a broadway production company and Merril-Lynch?)</p>
<p>If money TRUELY is no object, i'd be hard pressed to dissuade my child from attending NYU as an economics major.</p>
<p>econ is a possible major for me but I also want to do Foreign Affairs. For that reason I would pick NYU over Wisc(Ive been accepted to both). Why didn't your daughter apply to U of Chicago? That would have made the decision easy. </p>
<p>Anyway I have to somehow decide between Wisc, Umich, NYU, and American(with merit aid), but in my situation costs ARE involved. Wisconsin is probably off of my list now because of the location. If I were going to school JUST for Econ, NYU would always be my #1.</p>
<p>Ryan,</p>
<p>My daughter did not apply to U of Chicago because of the nerd image. The location in a lousy area of Chicago and lack of a football team may also have had something to do with her decision not to apply there! If she gets into Northwestern then she will probably go there if not, maybe Wisconsin. I think she is torn between Badger football and the big city life of NYU.</p>
<p>wiscydad</p>
<p>I've seen a few economics undergraduate rankings and most agree that Northwestern's is better than NYU's. Not to mention, Northwestern's is more heard of than that of NYU's, as it is one of the top in the world. For those who say location, I'm no t100% sure, but Northwestern students can get internships in Chicago, also a good city for business. They way I see it, Northwestern for economics, NYU for business.</p>
<p>For grad schools:
US News 2006 Ranking (ranked in 2005)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0
University of Chicago 5.0
3. Harvard University (MA) 4.9
Princeton University (NJ) 4.9
Stanford University (CA) 4.9
University of CaliforniaBerkeley 4.9
7. Yale University (CT) 4.8
8. Northwestern University (IL) 4.6
9. University of Pennsylvania 4.5
10. University of CaliforniaSan Diego 4.3
11. Columbia University (NY) 4.2
University of CaliforniaLos Angeles 4.2
University of MichiganAnn Arbor 4.2
University of WisconsinMadison 4.2
15. New York University 4.1
University of MinnesotaTwin Cities 4.1</p>
<p>For economics I would give the edge to Northwestern. Yes, NYU has great internship opportunities but Chicago also provides that. I would choose NU over NYU, unless we are talking about stern.</p>
<p>be careful with grad school rankings, as they are often far different from undergraduate rankings. Because this is an undergraduate degree, internships are more important. I would still pick NYU.</p>
<p>lol wiscydad, would oyu expect anything else out of a forum full of NYU fanatics?</p>
<p>If it's not Stern, I'd pick Northwestern. Yes, NYC provides many opportunities for internship but Chicago isn't far behind. In Chicago, you as a NU student, would compete mostly with those from UChicago. Whereas at NYU, you compete not only with those from Ivies (especially Columbia) but also those from Stern. A econ major from NYU (but not from Stern), probably wouldn't have any edge over those I just mentioned. I don't know after taking all these factors, NYC necessarily provides more opportunities than Chicago. By the way, Northwestern's econ is the most reputated among these three. People tend to confuse econ with business.</p>
<p>Ryan,
There's no such thing as undergrad ranking for econ unfortunately. But there are signs that suggest NU's undergrad program is very solid....
<a href="http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2005/12/challenge.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2005/12/challenge.html</a></p>
<p>matt,
That's why I come here to provide some "balance". ;)</p>
<p>Ive heard CAS econ gets the same opportunities as Stern Econ. Correct me if im wrong?</p>
<p>No you're right. You get the same opportunities for all the financial jobs (except the ones that require specific majors ie accounting). However the Stern degree is worth a bit more, as if there are two exactly equal candidates the employer will most likely choose the stern one.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lazard.com/Careers/FA-NA-UG.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.lazard.com/Careers/FA-NA-UG.html</a></p>
<p>Recruiting list of target schools seems to suggest Northwestern has the edge. Northwestern's econ program ranks as high as 4th, depending on which ranking you look at. Their UNDERGRAD team made up of econ majors had won College Fed Challenge two years in row.</p>