A guide to graduate study in economics: ranking economics departments by fields of expertise.

for Journal Articles School N O P Q R American U 56 46 41 74 * Arizona State U 83 25 6 99 94 Auburn U 79 120 * 107 52 Boston College 84 50 * 91 5 Boston U 33 26 52 33 71 Brandeis U 40 87 17 44 * Brown U 57 7 11 18 29 California Inst Tech 41 103 * 52 * Carnegie Mellon U 54 53 48 56 55 City U of New York 23 56 14 102 87 Claremont Graduate U 63 71 57 113 * Clark U 34 97 * 68 96 Clemson U 42 57 76 87 59 Colorado School of Mines * 123 * 29 * Colorado State U 73 116 25 83 38 Columbia U 13 8 3 26 26 Cornell U 75 10 24 46 35 Duke U 37 13 82 64 76 Emory U * 49 * 50 97 Florida International U 26 38 55 79 * Florida State U 50 60 72 35 7 Fordham U * 94 * * * George Mason U 52 66 43 47 79 George Washington U 69 28 42 27 77 Georgetown U * 27 * 9 69 Georgia State U 64 84 46 20 8 Harvard U 2 1 2 4 2 Howard U * * * 112 * Indiana U 77 30 27 38 68 Iowa State U * 22 40 1 33 Johns Hopkins U * 64 * 40 60 Kansas State U * 118 * 114 88 Lehigh U 25 82 31 72 82 Louisiana State U 86 89 * 106 50 MIT 4 5 13 7 4 Michigan State U 71 18 26 61 67 Middle Tennessee State * 98 * 98 * New School U * 40 47 * 101 New York U 20 4 22 34 32 North Carolina State U 27 80 39 2 44 Northeastern U 67 92 * * * Northern Illinois U * 99 * 117 80 Northwestern U 16 16 74 90 45 Ohio State U 18 42 29 85 31 Oklahoma State U 81 73 * 58 19 Oregon State U 87 90 * 57 86 Pennsylvania State U * 17 21 48 18 Portland State U * 91 59 62 102 Princeton U 7 6 12 21 10 Purdue U * 111 65 22 103 RPI 76 24 * 14 42 Rice U * 100 * 65 43 Rutgers U 8 48 67 17 73 S. Illinois U, Carbondale 70 65 64 59 * Southern Methodist U 78 61 * 24 70 Stanford U 6 12 10 11 21 Suffolk U 61 121 * 93 * SUNY Binghamton 19 95 * 10 56 SUNY Buffalo * 55 35 100 15 SUNY Stony Brook 65 96 * * 81 Syracuse U 74 45 79 39 3 Temple U * 114 54 104 61 Texas A&M U 46 54 28 84 74 Texas Tech U * * * 118 * Tulane U 38 85 * 36 48 U Alabama 89 101 81 82 98 U Albany * 81 * * * U Arizona 9 68 * 75 * U Arkansas * 77 50 60 83 UC Berkeley 1 2 1 30 6 UC Davis 5 41 8 70 64 UC Irvine 30 39 18 80 92 UC Los Angeles 10 3 30 92 72 UC Riverside 72 79 * 81 16 UC San Diego 90 35 32 16 11 UC Santa Barbara * 86 * 6 100 UC Santa Cruz 48 29 58 89 104 U Chicago * 11 9 67 46 U Colorado, Boulder 11 44 75 12 14 U Connecticut 44 70 78 15 12 U Delaware 15 107 63 110 36 U Florida 51 52 73 109 30 U Georgia 47 122 * 63 91 U Hawaii, Manoa 49 59 66 41 58 U Houston 55 83 56 116 23 U Illinois, Chicago 12 104 44 88 1 U Illinois, Urbana 32 19 20 37 13 U Iowa * 69 * 69 66 U Kansas 28 117 * 43 54 U Kentucky 45 78 51 86 17 U Maryland, College Park 29 20 4 28 57 U Mass, Amherst 43 31 33 31 62 U Miami * 58 * 73 * U Michigan 17 15 5 51 39 U Minnesota 66 14 49 66 24 U Mississippi 53 * * 94 * U Missouri, Columbia * 75 * 105 49 U Missouri, Kansas City * * 45 * * U Nebraska, Lincoln 80 105 62 49 53 U New Hampshire * 88 * 76 93 U New Mexico * * * 23 99 U New Orleans * 119 * * 25 UNC, Chapel Hill 35 74 23 77 * U Notre Dame 82 62 * 97 105 U Oklahoma 88 63 68 * 78 U Oregon 85 110 * 32 47 U Pennsylvania * 36 83 53 95 U Pittsburgh * 93 7 95 28 U Rhode Island * * * 8 * U Rochester 39 47 * 101 89 U South Carolina 60 76 * * 84 U Southern California 24 34 16 45 37 U Tennessee, Knoxville * 115 36 78 65 U Texas, Austin 36 37 * 25 34 U Utah 31 72 53 71 * U Virginia 22 32 38 54 22 U Washington 59 21 71 55 63 U Wisconsin, Madison * 23 61 19 40 U Wisconsin, Milwaukee * 51 80 96 51 U Wyoming * 43 * 3 * Utah State U * 113 60 13 75 Vanderbilt U 3 33 37 108 27 Virginia Tech 68 67 34 103 85 Washington State U * 109 69 4 2 Washington U, St. Louis 21 106 77 * 20 Wayne State U * 108 * * 9 West Virginia U 62 112 70 111 41 Western Michigan U 58 102 15 115 90 Yale U 14 9 19 5 * (a) * indicates a research productivity score of zero for a particular field. Table 4. Subject Field Rankings for Ph.D.-Granting Institutions in Economics

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