<p>Obviously every school is going to have requirements for a major. Are they to just hand out degrees?</p>
<p>Anyways, Berkeley econ is not only the best of the three, but it's even considered a "hot" school for econ in terms of the research being done there. Probably not something what will impact you directly, but it's still good to know that those in the know would look highly upon your Berk econ degree as that department garners quite a bit of respect.</p>