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Top 25% US Economics Departments, as of March 2013

This page shows one of the many rankings computed with RePEc data. They are based on data about authors who have registered with the RePEc Author Service, institutions listed on EDIRC, bibliographic data collected by RePEc, citation analysis performed by CitEc and popularity data compiled by LogEc. To find more rankings, historical data and detailed methodology, click here. Or see the ranking FAQ. These rankings take only into account institutions registered in EDIRC and authors registered with the RePEc Author Service and the institutions they claimed to be affiliated with. For US Economics Departments, these are 465 institutions. Institutions need satisfy the following criteria to be included: Institutions having the following words in its name or its name translation on EDIRC: Economics and one of School, Department, Division or Faculty; be located in the United States.

Top 25% US Economics Departments

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1Department of Economics, Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

15743.45
2Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

2.884639.08
3Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

2.953528.86
4Department of Economics, Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (USA)

3.24733.2
5Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (USA)

4.524130.02
6Department of Economics, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

5.815745.31
7Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

7.315341.49
8Department of Economics, Stanford University

Stanford, California (USA)

8.525040.53
9Economics Department, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (USA)

10.075130.46
10Department of Economics, Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

10.755747.22
11Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

12.014135.52
12Department of Economics, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

12.183631.99
13Finance & Economics Department, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

New York City, New York (USA)

13.142318.99
14Economics Department, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

13.346551.77
15Economics Department, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (USA)

13.663935.86
16Department of Economics, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

15.84435.47
17Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (USA)

17.324032.91
18Department of Economics, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA)

19.364438.69
19Economics Department, Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (USA)

19.583027.96
20Economics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

20.223625.61
21Department of Economics, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (USA)

20.614226.46
22Economics Department, Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

23.074535.12
23Department of Economics, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (USA)

23.594335.27
24Department of Economics, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

24.164434.12
25Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (USA)

24.73129.16
26Economics Department, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

24.753833.4
27Economics Department, University of California-Davis

Davis, California (USA)

25.213532.1
28Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (USA)

27.634236.16
29Department of Economics, Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)

29.573433.56
30Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (USA)

29.63226.63
31Department of Economics, University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

30.222216.08
32Department of Economics, University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (USA)

30.743832.91
33Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (USA)

30.781714.98
34Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)

30.793230.88
35Department of Economics, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

30.882118.06
36Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

32.642721.01
37Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (USA)

34.942321.1
38Economics Department, Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (USA)

35.922118.9
39Department of Economics, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (USA)

36.012724.93
40Department of Economics, University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (USA)

38.183129.13
41Department of Economics, George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

39.535138.02
42Department of Economics, Tepper School of Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)

42.061210.26
43Economics Department, University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (USA)

43.242519.59
44Department of Economics, University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (USA)

45.053629.15
45Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (USA)

46.342318.71
46Department of Economics, University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (USA)

46.582218.96
47Department of Economics, International Business School, Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (USA)

46.72722.3
48Department of Economics, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

48.652118.2
49Applied Economics Workshop, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

50.1554.98
50Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (USA)

51.632719.61
51Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University

Orange, California (USA)

51.773824.79
52Global Economics & Management Group, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (USA)

52.6764.42
53Department of Economics, Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (USA)

53.612118.7
54Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)

54.372320.55
55John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (USA)

54.832220.25
56Department of Economics, University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (USA)

55.641514.96
57Economics Department, Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (USA)

56.12319.38
58Department of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (USA)

57.27109.04
59Department of Economics, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (USA)

57.542019.43
60Department of Economics, University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (USA)

58.271412.69
61Department of Economics, University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (USA)

63.94333.62
62Department of Economics, Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida (USA)

65.462924.35
63Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

66.052016.67
64Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming (USA)

66.1488
65Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

66.473120.91
66Department of Economics, Wellesley College

Wellesley, Massachusetts (USA)

67.381716.91
67Department of Economics, University of Houston

Houston, Texas (USA)

67.881413.33
68Economics Department, University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri (USA)

69.621311.66
69Department of Economics, University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA)

69.951310.72
70Department of Economics, State University of New York-Albany (SUNY)

Albany, New York (USA)

70.782219.77
71Department of Economics, University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California (USA)

70.811514.39
72Department of Economics, Graduate School, City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (USA)

71.11177.5
73Department of Economics, Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (USA)

72.341915.6
74Economics Department, University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (USA)

73.861411.26
75Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware (USA)

74.562724.58
76Department of Economics, Brigham Young University

Provo, Utah (USA)

74.631918.97
77Department of Economics, Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

74.842017.6
78Department of Economics, Tulane University

New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

76.971918.95
79Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies, Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama (USA)

77.181513.33
80Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York (USA)

78.84109.97
81Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

80.341614.94
82Economics Department, University of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA)

80.871414
83Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas (USA)

82.582117.45
84Economics Department, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

83.6786.08
85Department of Economics, Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina (USA)

85.471918.1
86Department of Economics, Rice University

Houston, Texas (USA)

85.8576.55
87Economics Department, George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (USA)

86.842514.94
88Economics Area, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (USA)

87.0154.95
89Department of Economics, State University of New York-Binghamton (SUNY)

Binghamton, New York (USA)

87.621411.99
90Economics Department, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (USA)

87.6444
91Department of Economics, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)

89.19129.71
92Economics Department, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina (USA)

90.13109.68
93Department of Economics, American University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

90.981815.36
94Department of Economics, State University of New York-Buffalo (SUNY)

Buffalo, New York (USA)

91.6109.45
95Department of Economics, Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont (USA)

92.497.19
96Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina (USA)

94.881514.31
97Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (USA)

98.92108.78
98Department of Economics, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (USA)

99.471312.65
99Department of Economics, Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama (USA)

102.411716.5
100Department of Economics, Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (USA)

102.5486.3
101Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa

Manoa, Hawaii (USA)

103.572821.26
102Department of Economics, College of William & Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia (USA)

103.681917.81
103Department of Economics, University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas (USA)

103.9586.09
104Department of Economics, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, California (USA)

104.421110.05
105Department of Economics, Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (USA)

104.551612.18
106Economics Department, Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, California (USA)

105.34107.92
107Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)

105.4854.04
108Department of Economics, School of Business, University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida (USA)

106.83119.41
109Department of Economics, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia (USA)

107.251211.99
110Department of Economics & International Business, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

108.071616
111Economics Department, Wesleyan University

Middletown, Connecticut (USA)

110.14109.49
112International Economics Department, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Washington, District of Columbia (USA)

110.596.42
113Department of Economics, Hamilton College

Clinton, New York (USA)

116.6288
114Department of Economics, University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)

116.771414
115School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

119.43109.97
116Economics Department, Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts (USA)

122.3598.93

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