Now is the time of year when many high school students are deciding where to attend college. If you are in this position and are considering a career as an economist, you might find of interest
this article on "The Undergraduate Origins of Ph.D. Economists." An excerpt:
Top American Sources of Eventual Economics Ph.D.s
- Harvard University
- University of California-Berkeley
- Cornell University
- Stanford University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- University of Michigan
- Swarthmore College
- Yale University
- Princeton University
- MIT
Institution Size Normalized Top American Sources of Eventual Economics Ph.D.s- Swarthmore College
- Agnes Scott College
- Grinnell College
- Carleton College
- Williams College
- Harvard University
- Macalester College
- Princeton University
- Trinity University
- MIT