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Ranking of Economics Graduate Schools

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Your Ranking of Economics PhD Programs

Programs 1–30

Rank	Program	Regres Quality	Survey Quality	Student Outcomes	Jobs at Grad	Diversity	In-State Tuition	Room Board
1-1	Harvard University Economics	1-2	1-1	3-17	95%	82-104	$33,696	$11,042
2-2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Economics	2-5	2-2	2-11	95%	64-94	$37,510	NA
3-8	Princeton University Economics	4-11	3-5	4-24	92%	50-91	$35,340	NA
3-9	Stanford University Economic Analysis and Policy	5-17	6-9	2-10	95%	102-111	$37,380	NA
3-10	University of California-Berkeley Economics	3-8	7-10	55-92	90%	94-107	$7,836	$10,036
3-10	University of Chicago Economics	1-3	4-8	41-78	92%	52-91	$40,428	NA
3-11	California Institute of Technology Social Science	16-26	4-9	1-4	100%	94-108	$33,324	NA
3-11	Harvard University Business Economics	2-11	4-8	4-25	95%	109-115	$33,696	$11,042
3-13	Harvard University Political Economy and Government	5-42	3-6	6-35	95%	87-106	$33,696	$11,042
5-11	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Economics	14-25	14-27	7-36	97%	37-85	$11,212	$7,392
9-14	Arizona State University Economics	29-49	12-25	9-40	88%	7-37	$7,128	$8,156
9-16	University of Wisconsin-Madison Economics	8-17	12-23	51-87	92%	48-88	$9,500	$8,040
10-16	Stanford University Economics	6-13	10-14	12-48	95%	69-101	$37,380	NA
10-18	University of Maryland-College Park Economics	5-18	18-30	30-69	84%	19-64	$8,478	$9,575
12-20	Yale University Economics	6-15	12-19	7-32	87%	47-88	$32,500	NA
Rank	Program	Regres Quality	Survey Quality	Student Outcomes	Jobs at Grad	Diversity	In-State Tuition	Room Board
14-22	Brown University Economics	14-24	12-20	21-61	90%	6-40	$38,048	NA
13-23	University of Pennsylvania Economics	7-18	10-16	51-87	91%	44-88	$24,720	NA
14-25	New York University Economics	5-14	9-14	11-42	78%	6-45	$30,528	$13,228
14-24	University of Iowa Economics	49-80	32-53	10-47	100%	43-84	$6,840	$8,004
16-25	University of California-San Diego Economics	17-30	15-25	54-93	90%	85-105	$7,836	$10,052
16-26	Columbia University in the City of New York Economics	8-19	14-26	73-105	93%	6-35	$35,396	NA
16-26	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Economics	14-27	20-31	57-96	92%	99-111	$17,286	$8,924
16-27	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Economics	32-55	22-35	7-39	81%	12-52	$16,402	$8,900
16-30	Auburn University Main Campus Applied Economics	39-71	26-48	5-27	88%	23-64	$6,240	$8,972
18-27	Northwestern University Economics	10-17	12-19	8-34	97%	59-98	$38,400	$11,703
24-42	Iowa State University Economics	27-53	21-32	26-67	59%	11-60	$6,716	$8,550
24-39	Washington University in St Louis Economics	17-26	17-27	17-57	88%	65-100	$37,800	NA
25-42	Boston College Economics	28-49	33-51	19-53	88%	13-56	$21,276	$8,750
25-44	Indiana University-Bloomington Economics	33-67	63-78	37-86	91%	18-64	$7,007	$6,800
25-42	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Economics	26-46	25-38	30-71	78%	8-50	$15,446	NA

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Item Descriptions

Rank: A range indicating how this program ranked in 500 simulated rankings based on your priorities. Programs are sorted by their median rank. Learn more.
NRC regression-based quality measure (Regres Quality): The NRC's measurements of overall program quality are based on 20 key variables (19 in the humanities) such as GRE scores, student support and faculty publications. To calculate the regression-based quality measure, the relative importance, or weight, of a variable was set by the extent that it correlated with programs viewed most favorably by evaluators in each field. Learn more. Your weight = 3. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
NRC survey-based quality measure (Survey Quality): The NRC's measurements of overall program quality are based on 20 key variables (19 in the humanities) such as GRE scores, student support and faculty publications. To calculate the survey-based quality measure, evaluators in each field identified the variables that they considered to be the most important indicators of program quality. Learn more. Your weight = 5. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
Student support and outcomes (Student Outcomes): This variable is a composite of other measures of student support and outcomes, including 6-year or 8-year graduation rates (for non-humanities programs and humanities programs, respectively), time to degree, job placement within academia, percentage of first-year students with full financial support, and whether a program collects data about the employment outcomes of its graduates. The relative importance of these variables was determined by the direct assessments of some 50 faculty in each field. Your weight = 2. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
Placement Rate (Jobs at Grad): This variable shows the percentage of students with definite plans at graduation (either a job or a postdoctoral position), based on data from the student questionnaire. Your weight = 2. Larger values are better. (Source: SED, 2000–2004)
Diversity in the academic environment (Diversity): This variable shows a composite measure of diversity generated by the National Research Council. It includes data on percent of faculty and students from underrepresented minorities, percent of female faculty and students, and percent of international faculty and students. The relative importance of these variables was determined by the direct assessments of some 50 faculty in each field. Your weight = 1. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)
In-State Graduate Tuition (In-State Tuition): This variable shows the amount of tuition paid by graduate students who are permanent residents of the same state in which the program is based. Your weight = -2. Smaller values are better. (Source: IPEDS, 2009)
Off Campus Room and Board (Room Board): This variable shows the estimated cost of housing and meals for a typical student sharing a room with one other student over the course of one academic year. Your weight = -2. Smaller values are better. (Source: IPEDS, 2009)

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

* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.

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.