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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of December 2024

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This ranking is drawn from 4779 institutions. For more details about the methodology used for classifying institutions, see here.

RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.55867.55
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

2.03189.32
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.21182.15
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

5.51121.33
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

5.8108.48
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

6.89140.45
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.63601.65
8London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

7.77270.82
9Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

8.82124.83
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

9.83145.64
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

11.46510.44
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.57122.16
13Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

13.9699.81
14Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

15.8857.53
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

16.24143.75
16Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

16.32231.87
17Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

19.6185.2
18Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

19.894.22
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.5789.78
20European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

22.92255.88
21Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

25.55110.72
22University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

25.64122.78
23University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

27.8398.4
24Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

28.34162.61
25Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

28.9160.29
26Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

29.6155.41
27Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

30.2252.46
28Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

30.27471.31
29University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

31.55129.45
30Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

32.85104
31Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

33.03155.21
32University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

33.1166.67
33University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

36.76138.56
34University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

37.05140.2
35Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

37.7776.54
36Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

38.2165.24
37University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

40.5584.77
38University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

41.4192.04
39Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

43.38120.8
40Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

44.23190.06
41Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

45.98159.6
42University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

46.4393.28
43University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

47.57118.76
44Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

47.66331.07
45University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

48.2780.46
46Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

50.62164.28
47Sciences Po

Paris, France

51.6494.4
48Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

51.7496.44
49Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

52.4986.04
50Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

52.855.13
51Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

56.79133.06
52Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

57.2159.24
53Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

57.2791.85
54International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

64.36191.18
55Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

65.5362.73
56University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

67.85106.98
57Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

67.94153.72
58Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

68.08238.37
59Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

68.2313.71
60Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

68.674.71
61University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

69.672.07
62University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

70.19125.23
63University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

70.2471.67
64Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

71.4927.19
65Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

74184.25
66University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

74.9559.3
67Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

77.2298.24
68Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

77.42101.78
69ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

82.02115.92
70Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

83.8951.46
71Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

84.26147.78
72Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

84.8695.17
73Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

85.1751.61
74Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

85.3179.75
75University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

85.8439.67
76Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

86.36116.08
77Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

86.4559.22
78KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

87.09129.18
79University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

87.467.16
80Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

88.12122.4
81Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

88.3109.63
82Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

89.44115.77
83National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

92.2796.08
84Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

92.31118
85Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

92.8299.31
86Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

93.06100.09
86Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

93.0628.88
88University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

93.4958.89
89Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

93.89207.92
90Banque de France

Paris, France

94.54184.47
91Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

95.4768.98
92Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

9752.72
93Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

99.2486.34
94DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

99.5102.53
95European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

99.96352.68
96Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

101.64133.47
97University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

102.38118.68
98Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

102.96110.73
99UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

103.0179.8
100University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

104.08107.74
101University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

104.136.55
102London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

104.6427.73
103Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

105.7266.15
104University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

105.94115.78
105University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

106.65111.85
106Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

106.6650.31
107Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

109.1958.07
108University of York

York, United Kingdom

109.38102.17
109Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

109.8737.24
110Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

110.0477.91
111University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

112.5232.67
112Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

112.54104.2
113Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

114.752.67
114Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

120.2728.5
115Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

121.56137.7
116Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

123.4879.61
117University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

127.2104.67
118Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

128.2951.29
119"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

128.4222.48
120Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

129.49168.14
121Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

130.15183.26
122University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

130.8540.78
123University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

131.1138.6
124George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

131.6391.13
125University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

131.8274.72
126Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

132.71114.41
127Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

133.71112.14
128University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

134.9146.94
129Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

137.44171.57
130University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

140.22105.93
131Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

140.8673.76
132Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

143.2272.59
133European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

143.3739.14
134University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

144.5149.1
135HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

148.1640.85
136CESifo

München, Germany

148.744.45
137Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

149.0184.37
138McGill University

Montréal, Canada

151.0241.27
139Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

155.3140.09
140University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

155.3769.92
141City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

156.6585.6
142Peking University

Beijing, China

157.7381.69
143University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

159.7762.63
144Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

159.95133.75
145University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

160.3281.8
146Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

160.3545.12
147Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

162.7477.32
148University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

163.0473.5
149Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

165.0597.29
150University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

166.2683.63
151WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

167.895.47
152Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

170.7295.87
153Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

171.968.78
154University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

172.169.37
155Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

173.0329.02
156University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

173.6169.95
157Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

173.6423.54
158Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

173.8152.26
159Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

175.1107.58
160Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

176.2953.26
161Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

177.4174.66
162University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

178.1790.19
163Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

178.5755.55
164Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

179.6860.09
165Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

180.3123.59
166Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

181.9451.84
167Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

183.0182.99
168California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

183.1615.88
169Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

184.46159
170North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

185.4854.25
171Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

185.5555.43
172University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

186.1663.51
173King's College London

London, United Kingdom

186.5467.8
174Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

186.9454.55
175University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

190.2550.44
176Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

190.7660.9
177Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

192.54156.86
178Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

193.9873.83
179Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

194.82131.09
180Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

194.8360.31
181Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

196.02142.75
182Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

196.1848.49
183Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

198.6431.94
184University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

199.5457.68
185Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

202.2960.25
186Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

205.3122.99
187Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

206.29313.03
188Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

206.7935.36
189Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

208.8155.7
190SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

209.4549.37
191Fudan University

Shanghai, China

210.2652.87
192University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

210.9129.98
193Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

211.0274.98
194McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

211.6262.05
195Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

211.6391.81
196Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

211.7959.46
197Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

213.68141.81
198Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

214.5146.02
199University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

214.843.74
200BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

215.5951.37
201Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

216.2794.87
202New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

216.347.6
203University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

216.5630.42
204University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

218.4559.19
205Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

219.8541.02
206University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

220.7372.66
207Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

221.4445.34
208Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

224.4241.98
209The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

227.3853.04
210National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

227.66451.02
211Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

227.8162.07
212Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

228.0646.46
213University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

229.2668.6
214Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

229.85179.26
215University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

230.6534.75
216Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

23138.62
217George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

231.4631.3
218Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

231.5885.65
219Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)

231.7262.85
220Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

235.34120.03
221University of Sheffield

Sheffield, United Kingdom

236.1969.44
222City University

London, United Kingdom

237.0865.48
223Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

237.1161
224University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida (United States)

238.3331.13
225Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

238.39104.54
226Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

238.531.22
227INSEAD

Fontainebleau, France

239.0423.7
228Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

240.3962.98
229Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

240.4194.3
230Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

242.6871.3
231University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

242.8247.23
232Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Beijing, China

243.2757
233Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

244.9197.27
234Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)

245.134.7
235Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

245.2338.39
236Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

246.5735.15
237Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

248.3366.45
238University of Texas-Dallas

Dallas, Texas (United States)

249.4529.96

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