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Ranking of Economics Graduate Schools

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Programs 1–30
RankProgramResearch Product
1-1Harvard University Economics1-1
2-5Harvard University Political Economy and Government2-5
2-4Massachusetts Institute of Technology Economics2-4
2-5Princeton University Economics2-6
4-9University of California-Berkeley Economics5-9
4-9University of Chicago Economics4-8
5-13California Institute of Technology Social Science5-11
5-14University of Wyoming Economics7-18
7-12Harvard University Business Economics5-9
7-16University of Pennsylvania Economics9-15
5-31University of Southern California Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy8-35
9-19New York University Economics11-18
10-16Stanford University Economic Analysis and Policy7-10
9-23University of Wisconsin-Madison Economics11-23
11-22Stanford University Economics11-18
RankProgramResearch Product
12-29Iowa State University Economics17-31
13-29Yale University Economics15-28
15-27Brown University Economics13-21
13-30Columbia University in the City of New York Economics15-31
15-32Arizona State University Economics13-30
16-29University of California-San Diego Economics14-22
15-31University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Economics17-29
14-36University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Economics19-37
15-35Cornell University Economics18-34
16-35Duke University Economics16-33
18-32Washington University in St Louis Economics16-28
14-38Auburn University Main Campus Applied Economics20-44
15-40Syracuse University Economics14-38
18-35Northwestern University Economics18-31
21-38University of Maryland-College Park Economics20-36

Item Descriptions

Rank
This program's rank based on your priorities.
Overall research productivity (Research Product)
This variable shows a composite measure of research productivity, based on publications per faculty member, citations per publication, percent of faculty holding grants, and awards per faculty member. The relative importance of these variables was determined by the direct assessments of some 50 faculty in each field. Your weight = 5. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)

Data Sources

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
IPEDS is an annual, comprehensive set of surveys of all colleges and universities in the United States. The surveys are conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics.   Learn more
National Research Council
The National Research Council conducts periodic assessments of doctoral programs in the United States. Our data comes from the most recent assessment in 2010.   Learn more
Survey of Earned Doctorates
The NSF/NIH/NEH/USED/USDA/NASA Survey of Earned Doctorates is an annual survey of all new recipients of doctorates from US universities at graduation. The average of the response rates for the 2000–2004 surveys was 92%.   Learn more
Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
The Survey is an annual assessment of the number and characteristics of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in science, engineering, and health-related fields It is conducted by the National Science Foundation.   Learn more
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The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
The National Postdoctoral Association and The Center for Science and the Media have served as the project's fiscal sponsors.