<p>Living MN for 18 years doesn’t really make you understand the whole thing of UMN. UMN is prestigious not only in state but also out state. There are lots of econ graduates who teaches top ranked intitution and work at prominent insitutions. Do you even study in econ?
If you don’t then I doubt you know how well-known umn is of econ department.</p>
<p>Yea minnesota is amazing for econ - especially macro</p>
<p>Had a question regarding undergrad econ. On the one hand you have universities like Northwestern and UChicago that are well known for economics but not so much for other courses. On the other you have places like Brown where Econ might not be as good but its overall reputation is to some is slightly better due to its Ivy league status. </p>
<p>I have heard that undergrad education is not as important as postgrad and thus a smart option for undergrad would be to go to the university that has the best reputation, regardless of its how good it is in the economics department. Thus wanted to know whether it is smarter to go to a big name university or to a place that is good for undergrad economics, even though its name might not be as well known.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Ok so I was recently accepted to UC Davis and I am interested in the economics there, but I was also accepted to Fordham, Syracuse, and USD’s business schools and they are all pretty well known. Which program would be better to peruse if I want to work in business, but Im not really sure what kind of business yet and I plan on going to some sort of grad school? I am also from California and I think I want to live in California when i’m older if that even matters.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Does anyone know how an econ degree at Wake Forest stacks up to other universities? I know the business school is regarded in high esteem</p>
<p>Would anyone mind telling me about the econ programs at Duke, UVA, UW-Madison, UNC Chapel Hill, and UT-Austin?</p>
<p>@younginvestor03</p>
<p>Duke and UVA: Both have very good econ programs (Top 25-ish) and are extremely well-recognized. Even though they are in the South, they both get plenty of recruiters from up north.</p>
<p>U Wisconsin - Madison: Excellent econ program (Top 10). I don’t know much about the program but I don’t think it is as famous as any of the other schools you mentioned.</p>
<p>UNC and U of T - Austin: Both have decent econ programs but are not of the same caliber as the above three schools. Both of these universities however, have excellent business schools in Kenan-Flager and McCombs.</p>
<p>Overall, considering the quality of the program and job opportunities, I would rank the schools as follows:</p>
<p>Wisc = Duke >= UVA > UT Austin >= UNC</p>
<p>I suggest you visit the Econ Depts of the individual U’s you are interested in to see if people are studying those areas. </p>
<p>Wisconsin is famous for public policy - its econ dept drafted the Social Security Act for example - but is broad.</p>
<p>I enjoy a blog shared by a UW Madison and a UCSD: </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.Econbrowser.com%5B/url%5D”>www.Econbrowser.com</a></p>