<p>So yeah, like the title says, I'm looking for colleges that have good math and economic programs. As of right now, I'm thinking about applying to University of Chicago, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), Northwestern University, (maybe MIT?) What are some other good options?</p>
<p>Look into caltech</p>
<p>Penn’s top-10 Ecomonics department is NOT in Wharton–it’s in the College of Arts and Sciences (as is its Math department). Of course, an Economics major at Penn CAN take Wharton courses (e.g., Finance, Accounting, Management, etc.).</p>
<p>^okay, thanks for the clarification. i didn’t know that, i just assumed because wharton was highly business orientated that it would also be a great school for economics lol</p>
<p>Schools that are top 10 in both math and econ would include Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Chicago, UC Berkeley, Yale, and Columbia. Caltech, UCLA, Michigan, and NYU are top 10 in math and top 15 in econ. Northwestern, Penn, and Minnesota are top 10 in econ and top 20 in math. Wisconsin, Cornell, and Brown are also top 20 or higher in both fields.</p>
<p>Seems to me if you’re serious about econ, though, applied math—rather than more purely theoretical areas of math—might be your subject. US News ranks applied math graduate programs (based primarily on strength of faculty, so of some relevance to undergrad studies) as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>NYU</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Minnesota</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>UC Berkeley</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>U Texas</li>
</ol>
<p>chicago, mit, princeton, and stanford</p>
<p>US News is crap. Use it only for a general idea of a school’s academics</p>
<p>Chicago and MIT!</p>