Compare 135 Economics PhD Programs in the US
Grad School Navigator tracks 135 Economics PhD programs in the US across 96 universities. 76% report the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) as a requirement. A typical program takes about 60 months. Start with the ranked programs below, then use Explorer to compare the details that matter to your shortlist.
Top Programs
Sorted by Grad School Navigator University Rank. Each row also shows QS, Times Higher Education, U.S. News, or Academic Ranking of World Universities positions when available.
- 1
Harvard University
- Grad School Navigator#1University rank
- QS#1Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#8Subject rank
- U.S. News#1Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $59,048
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 2
Stanford University
- Grad School Navigator#2University rank
- QS#3Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#2Subject rank
- U.S. News#2Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $63,540
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Grad School Navigator#3University rank
- QS#2Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#1Subject rank
- U.S. News#3Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 4
Princeton University
- Grad School Navigator#4University rank
- QS#5Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=3University rank
- U.S. News#25Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $65,210
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 5
University of California, Berkeley
- Grad School Navigator#6University rank
- QS#7Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#5Subject rank
- U.S. News#4Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 12 +1
- Annual tuition
- $39,864
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 6
Yale University
- Grad School Navigator#8University rank
- QS#9Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#12Subject rank
- U.S. News#17Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 1
- Annual tuition
- $50,900
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 7
California Institute of Technology
- Grad School Navigator#9University rank
- QS#58Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#7University rank
- U.S. News#23University rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Annual tuition
- $68,001
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 8
University of Pennsylvania
- Grad School Navigator#10University rank
- QS=12Subject rank
- Times Higher Education=10Subject rank
- U.S. News#9Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15
- Program duration
- 72 months
- 9
University of Chicago
- Grad School Navigator#11University rank
- QS#4Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#9Subject rank
- U.S. News#5Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 15 +1
- Annual tuition
- $78,615
- Program duration
- 60 months
- 10
Columbia University
- Grad School Navigator#12University rank
- QS#11Subject rank
- Times Higher Education#14Subject rank
- U.S. News#7Subject rank
- Application deadline
- Dec 4
- Annual tuition
- $56,840
- Program duration
- 72 months
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Complete Program List135 programs
The complete list of Economics PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Harvard University | Doctor of Philosophy in Business Economics | 60 months |
| #1 | Harvard University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #2 | Stanford University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economic Analysis & Policy | 60 months |
| #2 | Stanford University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #2 | Stanford University | Doctor of Philosophy in Political Economics | 60 months |
| #3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #4 | Princeton University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural and Resource Economics | 72 months |
| #6 | University of California, Berkeley | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #8 | Yale University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #8 | Yale University | Doctoral Program in Management | 60 months |
| #9 | California Institute of Technology | PhD in Social Science-Economics | 60 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #10 | University of Pennsylvania | Doctor of Philosophy program in Applied Economics | 72 months |
| #11 | University of Chicago | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #12 | Columbia University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #12 | Columbia University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics and Education | |
| #13 | Cornell University | Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Economics and Management | 60 months |
| #13 | Cornell University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #16 | Johns Hopkins University | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
| #17 | University of California, Los Angeles | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #17 | University of California, Los Angeles | Doctor of Philosophy in Global Economics Management | |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD in public policy and economics | 84 months |
| #19 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | PhD program in Resource Policy & Behavior | 60 months |
| #21 | Carnegie Mellon University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics and Public Policy joint with the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management | 72 months |
| #21 | Carnegie Mellon University | Joint PhD program in Behavioral Economics | 60 months |
| #21 | Carnegie Mellon University | PhD Program in Economics | 60 months |
| #22 | Duke University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #23 | Northwestern University | PhD in economics | 108 months |
| #23 | Northwestern University | PhD in Managerial Economics & Strategy | 60 months |
| #24 | New York University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #25 | University of Washington | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #26 | University of California San Diego | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #30 | Brown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #31 | The University of Texas at Austin | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #33 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #34 | Rice University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (Finance) | |
| #34 | Rice University | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
| #35 | University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #36 | Washington University in St. Louis | Doctor of Philosophy in Business Economics | 72 months |
| #36 | Washington University in St. Louis | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural and Applied Economics | 60 months |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Consumer Behavior and Family Economics | |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #38 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | PhD in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics | |
| #39 | Purdue University--West Lafayette | Economics PhD | |
| #39 | Purdue University--West Lafayette | Family and Consumer Economics, Doctor of Philosophy Degree | |
| #39 | Purdue University--West Lafayette | PhD in Agricultural Economics | |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics PhD Program | 48 months |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics and Demography | 60 months |
| #40 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural, Environmental, and Regional Economics, and Demography | |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural and Applied Economics | 72 months |
| #41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
| #42 | University of Southern California | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #42 | University of Southern California | PhD in Health Economics | 60 months |
| #43 | Emory University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #52 | Vanderbilt University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #55 | University of Virginia | Doctor of Philosophy program in Economics | 60 months |
| #59 | University of California--Santa Barbara | PhD in Economics | 72 months |
| #61 | University of Rochester | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #62 | University of California, Davis | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #62 | University of California, Davis | PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics | 60 months |
| #64 | University of Maryland, College Park | Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural and Resource Economics | |
| #64 | University of Maryland, College Park | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
| #65 | University of California--Irvine | Doctor of Philosophy in Transportation Economics | 84 months |
| #65 | University of California--Irvine | PhD in Economics | 72 months |
| #72 | University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Economics | 45 months |
| #72 | University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #75 | University of Pittsburgh | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #77 | University of Notre Dame | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #78 | Tufts University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics and Public Policy | 60 months |
| #78 | Tufts University | PhD Program in Human Developmental Economics | 60 months |
| #81 | Rutgers University--New Brunswick | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
| #84 | University of Massachusetts--Amherst | PhD in Economics | |
| #85 | Boston University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #91 | Michigan State University | Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics | 60 months |
| #91 | Michigan State University | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
| #92 | Georgetown University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 48 months |
| #93 | Texas A&M University--College Station | Doctor of Philosophy in Agribusiness and Managerial Economics | |
| #93 | Texas A&M University--College Station | Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics | |
| #93 | Texas A&M University--College Station | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #95 | Ohio State University--Columbus | Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics | |
| #95 | Ohio State University--Columbus | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #96 | University of Florida | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
| #98 | Virginia Tech | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 48 months |
| #99 | University of Georgia | Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural and Applied Economics | |
| #99 | University of Georgia | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #114 | North Carolina State University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #114 | North Carolina State University | PhD-prep Master's Track in Economics | 24 months |
| #119 | University of California, Santa Cruz | PhD in Economics | |
| #124 | University of Arizona | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
| #126 | Indiana University--Bloomington | Doctor of Philosophy in Business Economics | 60 months |
| #126 | Indiana University--Bloomington | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #134 | University of Colorado Boulder | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #175 | Arizona State University--Tempe | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #183 | University of Illinois at Chicago | PhD in Economics | |
| #191 | University of Connecticut | Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural and Resource Economics | 60 months |
| #191 | University of Connecticut | PhD in Economics | 60 months |
Show remaining 35 programs
| Rank | University | Program | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| #201–250 | Northeastern University | PhD in Applied Economics | |
| #251–300 | Stony Brook University--SUNY | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 84 months |
| #251–300 | University of Miami | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #251–300 | University of Texas--Dallas | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #301–400 | George Washington University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #301–400 | Colorado State University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #301–400 | Tulane University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economic Analysis and Policy | 60 months |
| #301–400 | University of California, Riverside | PhD in Economics | |
| #301–400 | Boston College | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 48 months |
| #301–400 | University at Buffalo--SUNY | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months |
| #301–400 | Iowa State University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #301–400 | University of Kansas | PhD program in economics | 60 months |
| #301–400 | University of Iowa | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months |
| #401–500 | Florida State University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | |
| #401–500 | Washington State University | Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics | 48 months |
| #401–500 | University of Houston | PhD in Economics | |
| #401–500 | University of Delaware | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 36 months |
| American University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 72 months | |
| Auburn University | Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Economics | 72 months | |
| Binghamton University--SUNY | PhD in Economics | 60 months | |
| Clark University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 24 months | |
| Clemson University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months | |
| Colorado School of Mines | Doctor of Philosophy in Mineral and Energy Economics | 72 months | |
| Drexel University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 60 months | |
| Fordham University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | ||
| George Mason University | PhD in Economics | ||
| Lehigh University | Doctor of Philosophy in Business and Economics | 60 months | |
| Louisiana State University | PhD in Economics | ||
| Southern Methodist University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | ||
| Syracuse University | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | ||
| University of Kentucky | PhD in Economics | 60 months | |
| University of Missouri | PhD in Economics | 60 months | |
| University of New Hampshire | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | 30 months | |
| University of Oklahoma | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics | ||
| University of Oregon | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics |
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