Top Economics Programs Categories: Rank.|School|Average reputation score (5 = highest) 1.|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|5.0 2.|Harvard University (MA)|4.9 |Princeton University (NJ)|4.9 |Stanford University (CA)|4.9 |University of Chicago|4.9 6.|University of California--Berkeley|4.8 7.|Yale University (CT)|4.7 8.|Northwestern University (IL)|4.6 9.|University of Pennsylvania|4.4 10.|University of Wisconsin--Madison|4.2 11.|University of California--Los Angeles|4.1 |University of Michigan--Ann Arbor|4.1 |University of Minnesota--Twin Cities|4.1 14.|California Institute of Technology|4.0 |Columbia University (NY)|4.0 |University of Rochester (NY)|4.0 17.|Cornell University (NY)|3.9 |University of California--San Diego|3.9 19.|Carnegie Mellon University (PA)|3.7 |New York University|3.7 21.|Brown University (RI)|3.6 |Duke University (NC)|3.6 |University of Texas--Austin|3.6 24.|Johns Hopkins University (MD)|3.5 |University of Maryland--College Park|3.5 26.|Boston University|3.4 |University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign|3.4 |University of Virginia|3.4 29.|Ohio State University--Columbus|3.3 30.|University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill|3.2 31.|Michigan State University|3.1 |Pennsylvania State University--University Park|3.1 |University of California--Davis|3.1 |University of Iowa|3.1 |University of Washington|3.1 |Washington University in St. Louis|3.1 37.|Texas A&M University--College Station|3.0 |University of Arizona|3.0 39.|Purdue University--West Lafayette (IN)|2.9 40.|Boston College|2.8 |Indiana University--Bloomington|2.8 |University of California--Santa Barbara|2.8 |University of Florida|2.8 |University of Southern California|2.8 |Vanderbilt University (TN)|2.8 46.|Iowa State University|2.7 |University of Pittsburgh|2.7 48.|North Carolina State University--Raleigh|2.6 |Rice University (TX)|2.6 |Rutgers State University--New Brunswick (NJ)|2.6 51.|Claremont Graduate School (CA)|2.5 |Georgetown University (DC)|2.5 |University of Colorado--Boulder|2.5 Social Sciences & Humanities->Economics->Industrial Organization 1.|Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2.|Northwestern University (IL) 3.|Stanford University (CA) 4.|Harvard University (MA) 5.|University of California–Berkeley 6.|University of Chicago 7.|Princeton University (NJ) 8.|Yale University (CT) 9.|University of Wisconsin–Madison 10.|University of Pennsylvania 11.|Columbia University (NY) 12.|University of California–Los Angeles 13.|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 14.|Carnegie Mellon University (PA) Social Sciences & Humanities->Economics->International Economics 1.|Princeton University (NJ) 2.|Harvard University (MA) 3.|Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.|Columbia University (NY) |University of California–Berkeley 6.|Stanford University (CA) 7.|University of California–Los Angeles |University of Michigan–Ann Arbor |Yale University (CT) 10.|University of Pennsylvania 11.|University of Rochester (NY) |University of Wisconsin–Madison 13.|University of Chicago 14.|University of Maryland–College Park Social Sciences & Humanities->Economics->Macroeconomics 1.|University of Chicago 2.|Harvard University (MA) 3.|Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.|Stanford University (CA) 5.|Princeton University (NJ) 6.|University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 7.|University of California–Berkeley 8.|University of Rochester (NY) 9.|Northwestern University (IL) |Yale University (CT) 11.|University of Pennsylvania 12.|New York University 13.|University of California–Los Angeles |University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Social Sciences & Humanities->Economics->Microeconomics 1.|Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2.|Harvard University (MA) 3.|Stanford University (CA) 4.|Princeton University (NJ) 5.|University of Chicago 6.|Yale University (CT) 7.|Northwestern University (IL) 8.|University of California–Berkeley 9.|University of Pennsylvania 10.|California Institute of Technology 11.|University of Wisconsin–Madison 12.|University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 13.|University of California–Los Angeles |University of Rochester (NY) 15.|Cornell University (NY) |New York University |University of California–San Diego 18.|University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign |University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Social Sciences & Humanities->Economics->ublic Finance 1.|Harvard University (MA) 2.|Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3.|Stanford University (CA) 4.|Princeton University (NJ) 5.|University of Chicago 6.|University of California–Berkeley 7.|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 8.|University of Wisconsin–Madison 9.|University of Pennsylvania 10.|Northwestern University (IL) |