<p>I've heard that CAS's economics department is not as strong... I mean, is that true? </p>
<p>Why are people saying this and which one do u recommend?</p>
<p>EConomics at Cornell at CAS or Economics at NYU at CAS? and why?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>When people say that Cornell's econ department is not strong, they mean that compared to the econ departments at other colleges, Cornell's doesn't quite match up. However, DO NOT mistake this for meaning that Cornell's econ is not good...it is in fact a great department. Part of the reason it's not in the top 10 right now is because Cornell is more of a science school (according to alumni I have spoken with), with most of Cornell's funding going into those areas. A lot of the social sciences like economics aren't funded as much, which in turn does not attract a large number of top econ professors, and the research that comes out of there doesn't quite match up to other colleges.</p>
<p>NYU's econ at CAS is in the top ten, but note that an enormous amount of NYU's funding goes into its econ and business programs. Also, because NYU is in NYC, we have a lot of top people from Wall Street and such coming to teach. NYU's science departments, on the other hand, are not well funded and therefore not as good. </p>
<p>I have no doubt though that Cornell econ will only get better and eventually break into the top 10, just like how its AEM program is rapidly rising through the ranks.</p>
<p>I'm currently an econ major at NYU (although I want to transfer to Cornell!), but if you have any more questions about NYU econ, feel free to ask.</p>
<p>all i have to say is aem</p>
<p>cornell's econ dept. is in fact very strong if you are looking at the quality of the professors. perhaps it is not in the top 10, but this is really meaningless as no one cares about the undergrad. ranking of these types of majors--cornell alums are very, very prevalent on wall street and the rep. is what matters.</p>
<p>although one reason it may be not be quite as strong compared to other schools, as measured by quality/quantity of research produced, is that cornell's economists are spread out across a number of different majors and schools (econ CAS, ILR, PAM, AEM, B-school). taken together cornell has some of the best economists in the nation.</p>
<p>Rank of dept doesnt really matter. Its really all about prestige of the school and the alum connections coupled with school's career center connections...</p>
<p>I would also tell you that rank means moot, but since no one on CC seems to like that answer, here's what businessweek.com says: #1 marketing, #5 financial management, #6 corporate strategy, #6 micro economics, #7 quantitative methods, #7 business law....Seems pretty strong to me.</p>