The following list reports the rankings done in 1995 by William H. Kaempfer and Chao Jing of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Their list compiles six earlier studies into an aggregate ranking. Rankings 1. University of Chicago 35. University of Texas, Austin 2. Harvard University 36. University of California, Davis 3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 37. Purdue University 4. Princeton University 38. University of CA, Santa Barbara 5. Stanford University 39. California Tech 6. Northwestern University 40. Boston University 7. Yale University 41. Pennsylvania State University 8. University of Pennsylvania 42. Rutgers University 9. University of CA, Berkeley 43. Pittsburgh University 10. University of CA, Los Angeles 44. University of Houston 11. University of Wisconsin, Madison 45. Virginia Polytechnic Institute 12. University of Michigan 46. State University of NY, Buffalo 13. Rochester University 47. NC State University 14. Cornell University 48. University of Arizona 15. New York University 49. State Univ. Of NY, Stony Brook 16. Carnegie Mellon University 50. Vanderbilt University 17. University of Minnesota 51. University of Georgia 18. Columbia University 52. University of Colorado, Boulder 19. University of Washington 53. Boston College 20. The Ohio State University 54. University of Delaware 21. University of CA, San Diego 55. Southern Methodist University 22. University of IL, Urbana-Champaign 56. Iowa State University 23. University of Virginia 57. Brigham Young University (no grad. degree) 24. Michigan State University 58. George Mason University 25. University of Maryland 59. Louisiana State University 26. Duke University 60. Binghamton Univ,State Univ/NY 27. Texas A&M University 61. Auburn University 28. University of Florida 62. Arizona State University 29. University of NC, Chapel Hill 63. Wesleyan University (no grad. degree) 30. University of Iowa 64. Univ. Of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 31. Brown University 65. Rice University 32. University of Southern California 66. University of Wyoming 33. Johns Hopkins University 67. University of Massachusetts 34. University of Indiana 68. Tufts University
US News and World Report Rankings Graduate Economics Programs Ranked in 2001 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
Economics Specialties: Industrial Organization (Ranked in 2001) 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) 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
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 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 Public 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)