Economics (Ph.D.) Rank/School Average assessment score (5 = highest)

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0 University of Chicago 5.0 3. Harvard University (MA) 4.9 Princeton University (NJ) 4.9 Stanford University (CA) 4.9 University of California–Berkeley 4.9 7. Yale University (CT) 4.8 8. Northwestern University (IL) 4.6 9. University of Pennsylvania 4.5 10. University of California–San Diego 4.3 11. Columbia University (NY) 4.2 University of California–Los Angeles 4.2 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.2 University of Wisconsin–Madison 4.2 15. New York University 4.1 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 4.1 17. California Institute of Technology 4.0 Cornell University (NY) 4.0 19. University of Rochester (NY) 3.9 20. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 3.8 21. Brown University (RI) 3.7 Duke University (NC) 3.7 University of Maryland–College Park 3.7 24. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 3.6 25. Boston University 3.5 University of Texas–Austin 3.5 27. University of Virginia 3.3 28. Ohio State University 3.2 Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.2 University of California–Davis 3.2 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 3.2 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 3.2 University of Washington 3.2 34. Michigan State University 3.1 University of Iowa 3.1 36. Boston College 3.0 Indiana University–Bloomington 3.0 Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 3.0 University of California–Santa Barbara 3.0 Washington University in St. Louis 3.0 41. University of Arizona 2.9 University of Southern California 2.9 Vanderbilt University (TN) 2.9 44. Arizona State University 2.8 Texas A&M University–College Station 2.8 University of Florida 2.8 University of Pittsburgh 2.8 48. Georgetown University (DC) 2.7 North Carolina State University–Raleigh 2.7 Rice University (TX) 2.7 Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) 2.7 University of California–Irvine 2.7 University of Colorado–Boulder 2.7 54. Claremont Graduate School (CA) 2.6 55. Iowa State University 2.5 Syracuse University (NY) 2.5