Targeted Institutions

Top 20 Economics Schools (US News, 2022)

  • 1. Harvard University
  • 2. MIT
  • 3. Stanford University
  • 4. Princeton University
  • 5. UC Berkeley
  • 6. University of Chicago
  • 7. Yale University
  • 8. Northwestern University
  • 9. Columbia University
  • 10. University of Pennsylvania
  • 11. New York University
  • 12. UCLA
  • 13. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • 14. California Institute of Technology
  • 15. Cornell University
  • 16. UC San Diego
  • 17. University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • 18. Duke University
  • 19. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  • 20. Brown University

Additional UC Schools

  • UC Davis
  • UC Merced
  • UC Riverside
  • UC Irvine

Schools & Departments Analysis

While our initial target included all top economics programs, not every institution's website provided the necessary data for our analysis. The table below shows the specific schools and departments where we were able to gather comprehensive information about PhD candidates and their placements.

Analyzed Departments by Institution

University Department
Brown University Economics
Columbia University Economics
Cornell University Economics
Duke University Economics
Harvard University Economics
Johns Hopkins University Economics
New York University Stern
Stanford University Economics
UC Berkeley HASS
UC Davis Economics
UC Riverside Economics
UC San Diego Economics
University of Michigan Economics
University of Pennsylvania Economics
University of Texas at Austin Economics
Yale University Economics