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The following organizations rank graduate economics programs using various approaches:

• US News and World Report 2023 Best Economics Schools
• US News and World Report Ranking of the Best Global Universities for Economics and Business
• RePEc Ranking of Institutions
• Tilburg University Top 100 Worldwide Economics Schools Research Rankings
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2011 Ranking

Academic research evaluating economics programs

• Amir, Rabah and Malgorzata Knauff. 2008. " Ranking Economics Departments Worldwide on the Basis of PhD Placement ." Review of Economics and Statistics , 90 (1), pp. 185-90.
• Grijalva, Therese C. and Clifford Nowell. 2008. " A Guide to Graduate Study in Economics: Ranking Economics Departments by Fields of Expertise ." Southern Economic Journal , 74 (4), pp. 971-96.
• Kalaitzidakis, Pantelis, Theofanis P. Mamuneas, and Thanasis Stengos. 2011. " An Updated Ranking of Academic Journals in Economics ." The Canadian Journal of Economics , 44(4):1525-1538.
• McPherson, Michael A. 2012. " Ranking US Economics Programs by Faculty and Graduate Publications: An Update Using 1994-2009 Data ." Southern Economic Journal , 79 (1): 71-89.  

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Ph.D. Program in Economics

Graduates have exceptional research training in economic theory and the quantitative tools required for innovative research on complex economic problems..

The purpose of the Ph.D. program in Economics is to educate scientists who will advance the frontiers of economic knowledge through research and teaching.

The program is designed to provide students with sound training in economic theory, and the quantitative tools required for innovative research on economic problems. Equally important, the program is structured to allow students both time and guidance for research activities.

The goal of the doctoral program in economics is to help students learn to do original, creative research. Unlike most graduate programs in economics, we have chosen not to impose rigid course requirements on students. Instead, we emphasize involving students in research early in their graduate careers. Students in the doctoral program in economics at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon take courses in order to learn the fundamental principles of economic theory underlying all areas of application, and to master the analytic and modeling techniques of the practicing research economist. In-depth knowledge of specialized areas is required as a by-product of research activity.

At the completion of the Ph.D. program in economics at the Tepper School, a student should have mastered the fundamental principles of economic theory and the quantitative tools required for basic and applied research. Additionally, the student should have attained a level of skill in research techniques which will serve as the basis for continued self-development.

• Students are expected to obtain knowledge of substantive research areas by taking elective courses, attending and participating in seminars, working with the faculty, and reading research papers.
• Students are urged to actively involve themselves in the intellectual life of the school.
• Seminars are a fundamental mechanism for exchange of information throughout the profession, and they are an essential professional activity of a successful research economist.
• Students should plan to attend weekly seminars throughout their stay at the business school.

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• The Results of Deregulation
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• Female Labor Supply and Fertility
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• The Endogeneity of Appropriability and R&D Investment

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Rankings of Doctoral Programs in Economics

There are numerous rankings of Economics Ph.D. programs available.

U.S. News and World Report

According to the 2017 rankings released by U.S. News and World Report , Iowa State University's graduate program in Economics was ranked 28th among public universities and tied for 53rd overall. This ranking was two slots higher than the previous ranking.

National Research Council

One recent assessment resulted from a comprehensive survey of doctoral programs undertaken by the National Research Council (“ A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States (2010) ”).  The NRC’s program assessment methodology and results are somewhat complex, but one synthesis of their findings  places our program within the top 30 Economics Ph.D. programs in the U.S .; and among the top 10 in public universities.

Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)

RePEc , sponsored by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, is a comprehensive database of research papers in economics.  The information in the database is used to rank the research productivity of registered authors based on a variety of metrics.  Authors’ rankings, in turn, are used to rank the institutions with which they are affiliated for academic departments of both economics and agricultural economics .

American Economic Association

Links to other rankings of graduate programs in economics are provided on the American Economic Association website .

Econphd.net

By field of specialization, a ranking by econphd.net places our department 4th in the “subdiscipline” of Resource and Agricultural Economics.   This subdiscipline is further partitioned according to JEL descriptors into two parts:  Resource and Environmental Economics, in which we rank 8th; and Agricultural Economics, in which we rank 1st overall.

Journal Articles Ranking Economics Programs

• Based on faculty productivity, “ A Guide to Graduate Study in Economics: Ranking Economics Departments by Fields of Expertise, ” by T.C. Grijalva and C. Nowell, Southern Economic Journal, 2008: 74(4), pp. 971-96.  According to this study, our program ranks 31st overall (15th among public universities) and 1st overall in the field of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics.
• A more recent ranking of economics programs, see " Ranking U.S. Economics Programs by Faculty and Graduate Publications: An Update Using 1994 - 2009 Data, " by M. A. McPherson, Southern Economic Journal, 2012:  79 (1), pp. 71-89.

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The University of Maryland’s STEM-designated doctoral program in Economics is ranked in the top 20 economics programs in the country in the most recent National Academy of Sciences study. The Department has about 38 faculty members. The size and diversity of the faculty permits study in virtually every major theoretical and applied area of economics including advanced macro, advanced micro, behavioral and experimental economics, comparative institutional economics, econometrics, economic development, economic history, environmental and natural resource economics, industrial organization, international trade and finance, labor economics, political economy, and public economics.

Although it is a large department, Maryland emphasizes close student-faculty interaction. Students are encouraged to meet frequently with their advisors to discuss their progress in the program. An active set of workshops provides a supportive environment for students who are working on their dissertations. Graduate faculty members are regularly accessible to students.  

The Department's location near Washington, DC, allows our students to benefit from our faculty’s relationship with executive agencies, congressional policy analysts, and international finance organizations.

Submitting GRE scores is optional for Fall 2024 admission.

In order to receive funding as a TA, which is the standard funding package we offer to incoming PhD students, you meet the English Language requirements determined by the Maryland English Institute:   https://marylandenglishinstitute.com/english-programs/international-teaching-assistants/ . As of December 2023, the requirements include a minimum of 24 on the speaking section; the requirements are subject to change by the Maryland English Institute and the University of Maryland Graduate School.  A lower score precludes receiving a TA position and necessitates taking an English course that would interfere with taking the standard first year course sequence in Economics.  Therefore, we require applicants to meet the University’s English proficiency requirement at the time of admission. Unfortunately, we are unable to make conditional offers.

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U.S. News ranks IU, Kelley faculty research activities as among most impactful worldwide

Posted on October 28, 2021 by George Vlahakis

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University, the Department of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Kelley School of Business rank 24th worldwide and 14th nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of “Best Global Universities for Economics and Business.”

Unlike U.S. News’ other rankings of degree programs, this ranking primarily ranks business schools on the basis of faculty research and academic reputation. Methodology included measurements of papers that are among the top 1 percent cited, regional and international research reputation and number of publications by faculty.

In addition to the overall rankings, our economics and business research ranked:

• Third overall in terms of programs at public U.S. universities and No. 1 in Indiana.
• Third among Big Ten universities (Michigan, 12 th ; Northwestern 14 th )
• 12th worldwide in the number of highly cited papers that were among the top 1 percent most cited
• 14th worldwide in the number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited
• 16th worldwide in terms of the percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited
• 18th worldwide in total citations
• 21st worldwide in normalized citation impact
• 23rd worldwide in percentage of highly cited papers that were among the top 1 percent most cited

Idalene “Idie” Kesner

“This ranking reflects the meaningful and remarkable contributions that Kelley School faculty make each day to broadening knowledge and understanding through their research activities and their collaborations with colleagues worldwide,” said Idalene “Idie” Kesner , dean of the Kelley School and the Frank P. Popoff Chair of Strategic Management.

“In addition to these rankings, we hear from corporate partners who comment on how often our professors across business disciplines inform their companies’ strategies and operations and contribute to their success,” Kesner said. “And because faculty members’ research often is integrated into the courses they or others teach, their work ensures our students stay on the cutting edge, preparing students to add value right away in their careers.”

Rick Van Kooten , executive dean of the IU College of Arts + Sciences  and professor of physics, noted the broad scope of economic understanding fostered among faculty in the Department of Economics.

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“The Department of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences prides itself on the quality of its cutting-edge research and graduate education. It is internationally recognized for its frontier research in areas such as macro- and monetary economics, financial econometrics, experimental economics, and international trade,” Van Kooten said. “The department maintains close connections to the Kelley School of Business in faculty research as well as graduate and undergraduate education. These deep connections exemplify the collaborative engagement between the College and KSB.”

The new rankings of business and economics programs were issued Oct. 26 with U.S. News’ Best Global Universities Rankings and IU was ranked 141 st among 1,750 top universities across Africa, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Europe and Latin America and from more than 90 countries. Other subject rankings of IU programs included 39 th overall for Arts and Humanities and 67 th worldwide for social sciences and public health and for psychiatry/psychology.

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Summer School & Workshop in Experimetrics & Behavioral Economics

13 may 2024, 21 july 2024, 27 july 2024, 02 june 2024.

The Summer School has been thought of as a week spent in an unconventional university, with classrooms spread throughout an old town in Southern Italy and different levels of parallel lectures, targeted for Master, PhD , or Post-doctoral student s: up to 70 students listening and discussing about Experimental Methods, Econometrics and Behavioral Economics, with more than 30 senior scholars, among keynote speakers and other speakers.

Summer School & Workshop in EXPERIMETRICS & BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS Soleto  (Apulia, South of Italy), July 21-27, 2024

Organized by CIMEO (Centre for Investigation and Modeling of Experimental Observations), Sapienza University of Rome. 

The Summer School has been thought of as a week spent in an unconventional university, with classrooms spread throughout an old town in Southern Italy and different levels of parallel lectures, targeted for Master, PhD, or Post-doctoral student s: up to 70 students listening and discussing Experimental Methods, Econometrics, and Behavioral Economics, with more than 30 senior scholars, among keynote speakers and other speakers.

Here, you have a short  video of the 2023 edition .

Keynote Speakers of this edition will be: 

• Pierpaolo Battigalli (Bocconi University)
• Gabriele Camera (Chapman University)
• Alessandra Cassar (University of San Francisco)
• Daniela Di Cagno (LUISS Guido Carli)
• Martin Dufwenberg (University of Arizona)
• Volodymyr Lugovskyy (Indiana University)
• Peter Moffat (University of East Anglia)
• Rosemarie Nagel (Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona)
• Daniela Puzzello (Indiana University)
• Giancarlo Spagnolo (Tor Vergata University of Rome)

A Final Workshop will be held on the same topics at the end of the Summer School.   Senior researchers are welcome to submit an extended abstract to the Final Workshop .

Four special issues  ( Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics , Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy , Italian Economic Journa l)  have been organized in association with the different topics of the Summer School and the Final Workshop:

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Is the GMAT required for a master’s in finance? 

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The GMAT, or the Graduate Management Admission Test, is a computer-based assessment that cumulatively tests four core skills across four separate sections: verbal, mathematical, integrated reasoning and analytics skills. Through these sections, individuals test their ability to analyze and synthesize data, reason quantitatively and draw inferences. Upon taking this assessment, their scores are sent to their chosen schools.

Today, the GMAT is one of the most popular pre-admission tests taken globally, with over 108,851 exams written by prospective business school students in 2023, according to the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC). These figures create the impression that every aspiring student must take the exam to get into their top graduate program. However, is this universally accurate?

John Gibson, an associate director of admissions at Purdue’s Daniels School of Business, draws on his 20-year tenure in higher education to emphasize that successful finance master's program applications need a variety of components to be considered holistic.

Prospective students might see their application as just numbers in a binder. However, Gibson explains that non-numeric factors matter too. Letters of recommendation, work experience, personal statements and statements of purpose speak strongly to an applicant's identity and character, making a strong impression.

Our team thoughtfully weighs and reviews these components, and we strive to have a balance between quantitative and qualitative measures to create a diverse and well-rounded cohort,” clarifies Gibson.

According to GMAC, in the past years, business master’s programs have been more likely to face declines in applications than growth, though more than half of Master of Finance programs experienced application growth in 2023 . This is the second year in which Master of Finance applications increased after the post-pandemic slump affecting many programs in 2021. In addition, Master of Accounting programs were more likely to report growth than decline in 2023.

At the Daniels School of Business, prospective students are required to submit a minimum GMAT score of 500 or higher or an equivalent GRE score, but scores of 600 or more are best. This score helps determine the capabilities of applicants and allows the score to also fill in gaps within their application that may be lacking in other components.

“For our MSF program, we accept both the GMAT and the GRE, both in-home and test center editions, but we use the score as a piece of the holistic overview of the applicant,” says Gibson.

“The average class GMAT score over the past five years has been 630 while the average GRE is 320-322. We typically like to have a total score of 600-650 on the GMAT and 312-318 on the GRE. However, being in at least the 60% percentile on the quantitative part on either test is something to strive for,” reports GMAC.

But it’s not just about this score. The fate of their application also depends on the recommendations, resumes and work experience that they bring to the table, among other non-numerical factors.

Applicants are diverse, with various backgrounds and levels of expertise. The Daniels School recognizes this diversity, and as a result, provides added flexibility in the admissions process by allowing applicants to waive the submission of their scores.

Applicants can qualify for waivers in multiple ways, such as having extensive relevant professional experiences or holding advanced degrees and professional certifications like the CFA. These demonstrate their ability to succeed in the graduate program. The waiver may be available to domestic applicants or U.S. military personnel with a 3.5 GPA from a U.S.-accredited institution or equivalent degrees.

From GMAC: Holding certifications such as CFA Level II, CPA or equivalent, strong grades in quantitative coursework, STEM major and background from a known institution, and demonstrated professional experience are all things the committee will want to see for a waiver.

Upon qualifying for the waiver and submitting an application to the master's office at [email protected] , applicants can access the waiver form and proceed to the next steps. It is critical to keep in mind that only on rare, case-by-case occasions have candidates received a waiver and that all waiver requests are granted at the discretion of the admissions committee.

To learn more about the MSF application requirements visit this checklist .

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