Rice University and Economics

<p>Does anyone know if Rice University has a proverbial Economics program? I know that it's a small university, but if someone could help me that would be superb.</p>

<p>What schools have great Economics programs?</p>

<p>thank you and have a nice day.</p>

<p>Rice definitely has an Economics program. However, I would not describe the Rice Econ department as "great". Good...maybe. Decent, most definitely. But not great.</p>

<p>If you are considering Rice, I take it you are a top student. In such a case, I would look at schools like:</p>

<p>RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES:
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University</p>

<p>LACs:
Amherst College
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna College
Colgate College
Dartmouth College
Haverford College
Middlebury College
Pomona College
Swarthmore College
Vassar College
Wesleyan University
Williams College</p>

<p>Dartmouth college is not LAC. its a research university...</p>

<p>I know, but given its size (4,000 undergrads) and the fact that Darmouth only offers Bachelor's degrees in the Social Sciences (including Economics), I sometimes classify Dartmouth as a LAC.</p>

<p>what is the difference between a research university and a LAC?</p>