<p>I have a very tough decision to make - I recently visited both Wake Forest and Richmond for accepted students days and am having a lot more trouble deciding between the 2 than I though I would. I was hoping I could get some insight on comparisons between the two undergrad economics programs. I was really impressed by both heads of the economics departments at each school (Croushore and Whaples), but was hoping someone could comment maybe on job opportunities, academic rigor, and perhaps some sort of comparison as to how each program would look on a job resume. Unfortunately, there's no really legitimate rankings of undergrad econ programs, so I hope you can help me out. Also, if you want to compare any other key aspects of the schools, please do. I'll take any help I can get comparing the 2 schools.</p>
<p>ski, as an econ major at UR, I felt as though it was one of the strengths of the department. I don’t know enough about Wake’s to really comment, but UR was very challenging, enlightening and the professors were top notch. The senior capstone experience gave students the first hand research experience that you’ll need if you choose to stay in academia. Job opportunities were strong coming out of UR, both locally, and up the coast (DC, Philly, NYC, Boston). </p>
<p>I couldn’t find the 2010 rankings, but BusinessWeek had UR’s econ rankings as #1 in Macro and #3 in Micro ([National</a> Graduate Specialty Program Rankings - BusinessWeek](<a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/09rankings/specialty.asp]National”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/09rankings/specialty.asp)). Wake was #38 and #66 respectively.</p>
<p>thanks spiders…its good to know job opportunities were strong at UR. regarding the rankings, i think graduate econ is an entirely different story than undergrad econ, especially when you look at some of the colleges on the list there.</p>
<p>Those were undergrad rankings.</p>