<p>(including LACs and Unis),please</p>
<p>If you don't mind me asking what are LACs and Unis? Unis = Universities? I've seen both terms before but never asked wat they meant.</p>
<p>LAC= Liberal Arts College which is an undergraduate only institution which features a small number of students, small class sizes, and no core requirement (no required classes to graduate).</p>
<p>RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES:
Tier I
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
Yale University</p>
<p>Tier II
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Johns Hopkins University
New York University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES (LACs)
Amherst College
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna College
Colgate College
Dartmouth College
Haverford College
Middlebury College
Pomona College
Swarthmore College
Wesleyan College
Williams College</p>
<p>Alexandre,do those offer the best economics programs?</p>
<p>Yes, I would say those are among the best programs. I am sure I missed a couple, but it is still a pretty complete list.</p>
<p>Thank you very much,Alexandre.Could you please tell me how you picked those schools?</p>
<p>Randomly! LOL Seriously, I look at a bunch of difference rankings and draw from my own experience.</p>
<p>Your own experience?Some details,please :)</p>
<p>I am an Economics major myself. When I graduated from Michigan, I got into Columbia and CMU PhD programs but ultimately decided against going into academe. While deciding on a college and bvefore ruliong out a PhD, I spoke to professors and Econ researchers at high profile Econ programs (including Chicago, Columbia and Harvard) and at think tanks (IMF, UN and World Bank). I still talk to them about the subject since I am still interested in academic advising. Several friends of mine studied Economics at other universities, including Cal, Chicago, Duke, MIT, Princeton and Stanford and we all compared notes). Finally, a few of my classmates at Michigan went on to get their PhD at top programs accross the US and Europe.</p>
<p>Plus I have seen a half dozen rankings of Econ programs, all of them graduate level, but still telling.</p>
<p>PS: I forgot to add the following LACs to my list of top LAC Econ programs:</p>
<p>Colby College
College of William and Mary
Denison University
Hamilton College
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Reed College
Vassar College</p>
<p>Thank you so much,Alexandre,you made such research!Hmmm,all Ivy schools have good economics programs,that'd make it very difficult to sort them out.</p>
<p>You got that right...but you know, the beauty here is, you can put aside your academic interests since they cancel each other out and focus instead on good overall fit. Look into location, campus life, student types, finances, etc... You cannot go wrong with any of the top programs, but you want to be happiest and make the most of your college years because once they are gone, they are really gone!</p>
<p>All right,school's major is the very first factor I consider of colleges,but it seems that I will need to look at others as well.Hmmm,actually,I am flexible enough to adapt with all kinds of college environments;therefore,it'd be a hard choice.</p>
<p>sorry to nitpick, but I'm pretty sure the College of William and Mary is not a LAC, but I guess I could be mistaken.</p>
<p>W&M and Dartmouth are not LACs, but they operate as LACs where Econ is concerned.</p>
<p>oh ok
thanks</p>
<p>at undergrad - the entire Ivy League, as well as Stanford MIT Duke Northwestern Chicago and LAC's (including but not limited to Williams, Amherst, and Swarthmore)</p>
<p>Thethoughtprocess, at the undergraduate level, you forgot a few, including Cal, CMU, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, NYU, Rochester and Wisconsin.</p>
<p>There's a difference between the best econ departments and the best place to study econ undergrad. Are you talking about undergrad? Econ tends to be a very popular and increasingly crowded major at lots of good schools, so you might look for a place where you won't get lost.</p>
<p>For example, at UC Berkeley, even upper division classes are large. On the Stanford thread here, someone complained about the lack of attention to undergrads in econ. Columbia has been overwhelmed by the number of majors and has hired about a dozen new faculty. If you're someone who likes an LAC, they could be a great choice. Williams, for example, is supposed to be a great place to study econ.</p>
<p>W&M and Dartmouth are not LACs, but they operate as LACs where Econ is concerned.>></p>
<p>Alexandre, I am not sure what you mean by this. Could you please clarify?</p>