<p>What would you pick?</p>
<p>Wharton doesn't offer an Economics major. Economics at Penn is at CAS.........</p>
<p>If you graduate from Wharton, you get an Economics degree.</p>
<p>Wharton students do not have a traditional major because following a comprehensive course of studies and earn a Bachelor of Science in Economics the equivalent of a business major. - <a href="http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/bestschools.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/bestschools.html</a></p>
<p>Exactly. Wharton has the better pedigree as far as business is concerned, but Yale has a more prestigious image (just my opinion). Since Economics is not business, but falls under the Liberal Arts, I guess you would be comparing between Yale and a non-Wharton degree from Penn.</p>
<p>If you want to go into business, GO TO WHARTON!!!</p>
<p>Oops. My mistake. I thought you were talking about majors. If you are talking about degrees and business...WHARTON.</p>
<p>yale's economics department is better and it carries a lot of street cred.</p>
<p>Yeah, we're about talking about Economics, not business.</p>
<p>If it is strictly Economics, BA/BS, I would choose Yale, unless you were pursuing a dual degree with business.</p>
<p>And if you choose Yale, go with the EPE (Ethics, Politics & Economics) degree</p>
<p>I'd go Penn over Yale for Economics, however I'd say they're equal (perhaps with Penn edging ahead). Penn's economics department has ridiculously high "street cred."</p>
<p>Actually, in the 2005 rankings from Science and Research magazine (it ranks each university by academic departments) it goes as follows:</p>
<p>1) Harvard
2) University of Pennsylvania
3) MIT
4) Stanford
5) UC - Berkeley</p>
<p>...This was strictly for the Economics department</p>
<p>I would just choose Yale because of the name</p>
<p>When people hear "Yale" and "Economics" together, they think, "Wow." And for good reason, too. My major at Yale won't be Economics, though, so that's all I have to say about it. ;)</p>
<p>(And I think Economics is one of the most popular majors at Yale - it receives a lot of attention.)</p>
<p>I'm facing the same decision. I'm pretty confident I'll find myself in New Haven next fall. Here's why:</p>
<p>I want to "go into business". However, this doesn't neccesarily mean I want to "study business." I don't think I could devote myself to accounting, advertising, and management courses as an undergraduate. Wharton calls its program a B.S. in economics, but frankly, I think that's BS. Look at the program of study.</p>
<p>I still have varied academic interests. Not just in econ. In philosophy, politics, etc as well. Yale econ or EPE seems to be a better fit. There seems to be more freedom in terms of course selection as well.</p>
<p>That said, I don't think a Yale econ or EPE degree will disadvantage you in any way if you want to go into consulting/ibanking/etc. While it may be true that smaller numbers go into such fields from Yale, remember, perhaps, that not everyone at Yale wants to do these things. I'd say a very high percentage of Wharton students do.</p>
<p>well, I couldn't find those ranking online (not saying they don't exist) and i don't see penn or yale and i don't see how that related to street cred as high as the schools are at but I honestly think you guys are missing the point:</p>
<p>if you put the same person in any of the schools mentioned in this thread their lives would follow a similar if not identical trajectory. when choosing between top schools (especially since undergraduate matters **** compared to graduate school), what sounds better or what an undergraduate ranking is shouldn't be the only thing that matters -- or every poli sci major would go ohio state (best undergrad poli sci ranking).</p>
<p>zoob, good points but i don't think there's any doubt that wharton will better prepare you for the business world of ibankinge etc. than EPE will, although EPE is an outstanding program. further, penn also has a tremendous liberal arts program (1/3 of wharton is in the liberal arts). to put it simply: you're not going to do yourself bad by chosing either of the institutions.</p>
<p>wow thomas wheres chicago on that list??</p>
<p>TheStonedPanda,</p>
<p>Thanks for mentioning the very things I just about to post, in the interest of fairness.</p>
<p>I guess it's really a matter of where your interests lie, and which school is a better fit... which of course is of little help to the OP.</p>
<p>StonedPandas...I completely agree with you. I was not disagreeing with your point of view - I was actually siding with you. Speaking for myself, I would choose Yale, but if you took someone who went to Penn and someone who went to Yale and put them side-by-side, they both would have very simiar opportunities in life. There's no difference between the Ivies. The only difference would be the individual's personality, character, etc. that would make a difference as to where that Ivy graduate ended up in life.
haithman...Actually Chicago was #7, but most other rankings I have read puts UChicago's Economics department in the top 3. That's why rankings CANNOT be completely acurate. I just use them as a gauge.
I'm with z00b... I was strictly sticking with an Econ degree, but I may venture off and go with the PPE (Penn), or EPE (Yale), simply because it will enable me to study varied interests while sticking with an Economics core.</p>
<p>I'm not sure there's "no difference between the rankings." Usually, it's Harvard-Princeton-Yale, and everyone else.</p>