<p>Does anyone have a list of the top Econ Colleges in the U.S.?</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>University of Chicago</p>
<p>nuff said</p>
<p>northwestern
a few ivies [most i suppose ... ]</p>
<p>I second Cvjn's post.</p>
<p>From USNWR: <em>Note this is PhD rankings in 2005</em>
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 California–Berkeley 4.9</p>
<p>Eww I don't like U Chicago :P</p>
<p>Well I wanted to go to U Penn and go for their Economics program, I hear that they have very similar job prospects to Wharton kids and lots of on-campus recruiting... is it the same sort of thing for Northwestern? I mean on-campus job recruitment and things like that!</p>
<p>"Eww I don't like U Chicago"</p>
<p>Good for you. :)</p>
<p>"is it the same sort of thing for Northwestern? I mean on-campus job recruitment and things like that!"</p>
<p>Northwestern is very highly recruited by employers. If you do well in the Econ program there, then you'll get the same kind (and sometimes even more) of recruiting that any other elite school enjoys.</p>
<p>Thanks for the insightful response :)</p>
<p>Sarcasm?</p>
<p>Northwestern has an amazing econ program, and if you're really extremely bright there are several advanced programs and a new kellogg certificate that will make employers drool over you.</p>
<p>"Sarcasm?"</p>
<p>No, it's the University of Chicago.... who COULD like it.... :rolleyes: </p>
<p>"is it the same sort of thing for Northwestern? I mean on-campus job recruitment and things like that!"</p>
<p>Northwestern is very highly recruited by employers. If you do well in the Econ program there, then you'll get the same kind (and sometimes even more) of recruiting that any other elite school enjoys.</p>
<p>Northwestern is for marketing degrees. University of Chicago is for economic degrees.</p>
<p>Well ah then I have a tough choice to decide - I know U Penn Wharton is virtually unmatched, and I may have a shot ED there but who knows! </p>
<p>Northwestern on the other hand I have a much better shot ED, but then I'd never know about Penn if I apply ED. Or I could try ED Wharton and then RD NU, but that means a ton of applications... and lower acceptance chance</p>
<p>Choices choices choices!</p>
<p>"Northwestern on the other hand I have a much better shot ED, but then I'd never know about Penn if I apply ED. Or I could try ED Wharton and then RD NU, but that means a ton of applications... and lower acceptance chance"</p>
<p>If your one of those people who will walk around campus with a Penn shirt on and a "what if" look on his face, then you have no business applying to Northwestern ED..... If you honestly think you have a shot at ED at Wharton, and you want to go into business, and you know that Wharton is your #1, then you should ED there, and send an RD app to Northwestern - it's not like it's a million more applications to fill out - just 1.</p>
<p>Uh why would I wear a Penn shirt if I went to NU? Lol I'm not naive enough to just be all over a college like that. And I'm not like Wharton's my #1, it's just an excellent place to be, but that's not a good reason to apply in itself haha.</p>
<p>Both are great schools and fun places to be with good opportunities for the future. That's all I want</p>
<p>"And I'm not like Wharton's my #1, it's just an excellent place to be, but that's not a good reason to apply in itself haha."</p>
<p>Huh? Then why are you considering applying ED to the school if it's not your #1?</p>
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Northwestern is for marketing degrees. University of Chicago is for economic degrees.
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<p>Do you mean that Northwestern is only good in Marketing? O.o I'm sure their economics and business are both top programs. Chicago is known for being #1 in economics, but they're really heavy on the theory I heard. Not sure if that's good or bad.</p>
<p>It all depends what your interests are. Chicago is a different sort of school altogether, and it's evidently a school that kk doesn't like. To each her own.</p>
<p>My impression (I have no data to back this up, rather than my anecdotal first-year experience and my econ-major friends) is that fewer students study economics at Chicago in order to go into business later than they do at other schools. I have some econ-major friends who want that snazzy job (and, by and large, those who want them and work hard enough for them get them), but I have more econ major friends who study econ just to study it, because it interests them. These friends see law school, the Peace Corps, Teach for America, and grad school in their immediate futures-- who knows if they will enter the business world at a later time. They chose Chicago as a school first, and econ as a major second.</p>
<p>"and it's evidently a school that kk doesn't like."</p>
<p>Who cares what I like? The students at Chicago are so much more cultured and intellectual than I am anyway, right? I mean, they learn for the sake of learning and not to <em>gasp</em> get jobs! lol...</p>
<p>"My impression (I have no data to back this up, rather than my anecdotal first-year experience and my econ-major friends) is that fewer students study economics at Chicago in order to go into business later than they do at other schools."</p>
<p>"I have some econ-major friends who want that snazzy job (and, by and large, those who want them and work hard enough for them get them), but I have more econ major friends who study econ just to study it, because it interests them."</p>
<p>"They chose Chicago as a school first, and econ as a major second."</p>
<p>-Well, I do happen to have data.... From the UChicago Undergrad Exit Survey for 2007... </p>
<p>"We received 1,020 responses to our survey, a rate of 95%.</p>
<pre><code>* 430 had accepted full-time employment offers (42%)
* 187 had been admitted to graduate or professional school (18%)
* 87 had applied for full-time employment and were waiting to hear (9%)
* 259 planned to begin their job search process after graduation (25%)
* 19 planned to focus on graduate or professional school applications in coming months (2%)
* 30 indicated they did not yet know what they would do after graduation (3%)"
</code></pre>
<p>Hmm... so 51% of the class went straight into full-time employment after graduation. But wait, there's more.....</p>
<p>"376 of the 430 respondents who had accepted full-time jobs gave job type. Those most frequently named were:</p>
<p>Banking/Brokerage/Finance 22%
Teaching
16%
Consulting
11%
Healthcare/Research Science
11%
Government/Legal Services
7%
Technology 5%
Arts/Communications 3%
Social and Community Service
3% "</p>
<p>Banking and Consulting?!?!?!?!? Those sounds like business to me! Maybe students at Chicago are <em>gasp</em> like their peers at other schools, and use their educations to get them jobs too.</p>
<p>KK, I'm not looking to argue here, and if you read my post carefully, you would realize that your data doesn't confirm anything I didn't anticipate.</p>
<p>I never said that Chicago econ majors DIDN'T enter the business world. If I may quote myself (italics for emphasis):</p>
<p>"I have some econ-major friends who want that snazzy job<a href="and,%20by%20and%20large,%20those%20who%20want%20them%20and%20work%20hard%20enough%20for%20them%20get%20them">/i</a>, but I have more econ major friends who study econ just to study it, because it interests them. These friends see law school, the Peace Corps, Teach for America, and grad school in their immediate futures-- *who knows if they will enter the business world at a later time."</p>
<p>What I meant to indicate is that Chicago econ majors do not necessarily enter the business world upon graduation. With only 33% of graduates going into business or consulting, that means that 66% of Chicago econ majors are not in business-- not immediately upon graduation, at least.</p>
<p>And I'm totally willing to concede that econ majors at other elite schools choose other paths than just business-- if you want to find similar exit polls for other schools and make a statistical comparison, be my guest.</p>
<p>And honestly, I'm sorry that you're so down on Chicago. I think quite highly of the Northwestern kids I know, to be honest, and I'm actually right now in the middle of trying to convince my younger cousin that it's the perfect school for her. When a Chicagoan tries to explain that his school is "intellectual," there's no additional snarkiness or mentions of superiority intended, but rather an attempt to assess the low-key, nerdy, happy, serious place that Chicago can be.</p>