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501 UniversitiesEconomics Universities by QS Ranking
Review best universities & colleges for Economics degree ranked by QS
Different agencies use different metrics to evaluate universities around the world, however the most common factors are : a) Academic achievements b) Employability c) Educational process d) Research facilities e) International outlook as to number of international students and faculty f) Citation by each faculty g) Student Faculty ratio etc.
Subject ranking is conducted every year by QS, many ranking indicators such as Global research reputation, Regional research reputation, subject publications, subject books, International collaboration & total citations data is computed for subject ranking.
Economics
Economics subject is sub-category of Social science involved in the studies of production, distribution, consumption, demand and supply of goods and services. Economic studies are useful in the area of public policies and finance. A degree in economics deals with studying trends, growth, economic impact of policies, labor market, industry trends etc. Economists work on gathering the information, organizing it and interpreting it using the mathematical and statistical formulas. Their work predicts the impact of economic decisions on investments, policy matter, industrial trends, even climate change and lot more.
Various Major under Economics
There are two major sub-sect of economics, Micro Economics, which studies the behaviors, interaction and impact of individual agents like household, companies, buyers and sellers whereas the Macro Economics studies the trends, impacts at a larger scale and geography looking at issues like inflation, deflation, unemployment, labor market impacts, economic growth, monetary and fiscal policy impacts etc.
Further expertise can be obtained in the areas of Labor Economics, Industrial Economics, Urban Economics, Financial Economics, International Economics, Business Economics and much more.
Career Opportunities for Economic Graduates
Multiple opportunities exist for Economic Graduates in public sector, public finance and private sector. Some of the careers you can choose after completion of economic degrees are 1) Business Analyst 2) Economist 3) Actuary 4) Market Analyst 5) Tax Manager 6) Economic Consultant 7) Credit Analyst 8) Financial Analyst 9) Statistician 10) Financial Advisor 11) Budgeting Head 12) Data Scientists and many more.
Below is a list of top Economics Universities sorted by QS
Harvard University
United States of America
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States of America
Stanford University
United States of America
University of California Berkeley
United States of America
London School of Economics and Political Science
United Kingdom
Princeton University
United States of America
University of Chicago
United States of America
Yale University
United States of America
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Columbia University
United States of America
New York University
United States of America
Northwestern University
United States of America
University of Pennsylvania
United States of America
University of California Los Angeles
United States of America
Bocconi University
Italy
University College London
United Kingdom
National University of Singapore NUS
Singapore
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
United States of America
Duke University
United States of America