I have been searching them up and the most recent list that I’ve found is from 2013, could I maybe have a renewed list for 2016/2017?
What organization issued the one you have?
Pre-PhD or pre-professional?
For pre-PhD purposes, you want those programs which offer math-intensive intermediate economics and econometrics courses (typically with math prerequisites higher than single variable calculus). Good math and statistics offerings are also necessary. See https://www.econ.berkeley.edu/undergrad/current/preparing-for-grad-school for suggested preparation.
For pre-professional purposes, a school that a well recruited by the desired target employers would be desirable. Some economics departments, particularly at schools without business majors, do offer more electives in finance, managerial economics, accounting, etc…
Chicago, MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, Princeton, Yale, NYU, UCLA, UCSD, and Caltech are excellent options. Either of the UWs or Maryland are also good.
If you want to go to grad school in econ, as @ucbalumnus says, you need to take math and stats classes. Your performance on math courses is usually weighted more than even the econ courses. And they are difficult for many. Linear algebra and real analysis are the most important. Courses on linear programming, optimization, and the theory of algorithms are recommended.
It’s worth attending a university with a good business school, as they often hire undergrad researchers.
As measured by faculty publishing, these colleges would be among the nation’s strongest for economics:
UChicago
Harvard
MIT
Princeton
Stanford
Williams
Hamilton
Claremont McKenna
Wellesley
UC-Berkeley
Middlebury
Wesleyan
I mostly meant for pre-professional purposes (and maybe up to a master’s degree), especially since I’m debating between a bachelors in economics and one in business administration (or international business).
Thank you @merc81 for the list and the two links, I believe these will help me A LOT in my college choices 
@“Erin’s Dad” what exactly do you mean?
With respect to your stated interests @moderator, you may want to give consideration to this analysis as well:
https://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/infographics/top-feeders-mba-programs
@moderator,
Where did that list come from? Who published it? Google to see if there’s a more recent one from them.
@“Erin’s Dad” oh it was a list someone posted here without a source from another thread
The current general perception of Econ programs ( based in rankings, Nobel prizes, research, placement outcomes, attraction of top faculty etc) I think is the following:
1.Harvard/MIT
2.Stanford
3.Chicago/Princeton/Berkeley
4.Northwestern/Yale
5.Penn/Columbia
This pertains mostly to Ph.D. Programs of course but trickles down to undergrad too especially for those applicants that want to pursue hardcore Econ research and go on to an Econ Ph.D.
Except that it completely neglects LACs, some of which have top-tier econ programs–a major oversight, imo.
@marvin100 I believe LACs are a different animal and I don’t believe in creating lists where national universities and LACs are mixed. Also I do not know enough about the relative standing of LAC Econ departments so I just stuck with what I know.