Economics

The Economics Department offers robust graduate programs. The master’s degree prepares graduates for a diverse set of careers, from government, business, and non-profit to further graduate studies. The program aims to fulfill a specific educational need: technical training for jobs that require strong analytical skills in economics. The program shows a path in this rich range of possibilities that today’s labor markets offer for career development. The doctoral program has a strong reputation for preparing high-quality PhD students for academic positions as well as for private- and public-sector jobs.

Areas of Study: Economic theory; Industrial organization; Political economy; Public economics; Macroeconomics; Public finance; Development economics; Labor economics; Econometrics; Experimental economics; Urban economics