World's Best Universities
Economics and Econometrics
Economics students learn about a wide range of subjects, from inflation to monopolies, as well as econometrics, which is the application of statistical analysis to economics. These are the world's top universities for economics and econometrics. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
96.6 | 100.0 | 92.1 | 94.8 |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
92.4 | 84.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| #3 |
University of Chicago
United States |
85.3 | 79.7 | 87.4 | 95.9 |
| #4 |
Princeton University
United States |
85.0 | 79.0 | 86.1 | 98.2 |
| #5 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
84.1 | 79.1 | 95.5 | 79.3 |
| #5 |
Stanford University
United States |
84.1 | 78.1 | 91.3 | 88.4 |
| #7 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
83.4 | 80.8 | 85.6 | 86.4 |
| #8 |
Yale University
United States |
81.7 | 77.6 | 86.0 | 85.4 |
| #9 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
80.3 | 71.7 | 87.3 | 91.1 |
| #10 |
Columbia University
United States |
79.0 | 71.4 | 89.9 | 81.8 |
| #11 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
77.5 | 71.4 | 96.6 | 64.1 |
| #12 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
77.4 | 70.9 | 84.2 | 83.2 |
| #12 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
77.4 | 69.4 | 97.9 | 66.5 |
| #14 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
77.3 | 73.8 | 83.1 | 77.1 |
| #15 |
Northwestern University
United States |
76.1 | 71.0 | 81.3 | 81.0 |
| #16 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
74.8 | 66.9 | 96.7 | 61.5 |
| #17 | 74.7 | 63.7 | 94.5 | 72.5 | |
| #18 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
74.3 | 68.9 | 79.4 | 80.1 |
| #19 |
University of Michigan
United States |
74.0 | 67.0 | 77.8 | 85.8 |
| #20 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
73.8 | 70.0 | 97.4 | 47.7 |
| #21 |
London Business School
United Kingdom |
73.0 | 58.6 | 91.7 | 81.1 |
| #22 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
72.0 | 66.8 | 76.9 | 77.6 |
| #23 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
71.8 | 69.3 | 69.5 | 81.4 |
| #24 |
Cornell University
United States |
71.3 | 64.1 | 82.7 | 72.3 |
| #25 |
Duke University
United States |
71.2 | 62.2 | 80.7 | 79.3 |













