University of Pennsylvania Economics Department
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The Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania
(commonly referred to as Penn Economics) is part of the school's Arts and Sciences
division. Its undergraduate program is one of the largest in the School of Arts and Sciences. It also offers graduate courses leading to a Ph.D. in economics. Students enrolled in Wharton as undergraduates share some of the classes with students from the Economics Department, but the two degrees have otherwise separate curriculum. Penn Economics is generally associated with the Saltwater school of economic thought (along with Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford, and Yale).
The Department houses the Penn Institute for Economic Research (PIER) and is also the editorial home of the International Economic Review, one of the leading general audience journals in economics. Penn's Economics Department is currently ranked 9th in the United States by US News, 8th in the world by ARWU
, 10th in the world by Tilburg University, and 16th in the world by IDEAS.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
(commonly referred to as Penn Economics) is part of the school's Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
The School of Arts and Sciences is the home of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.SAS has three main academic components:...
division. Its undergraduate program is one of the largest in the School of Arts and Sciences. It also offers graduate courses leading to a Ph.D. in economics. Students enrolled in Wharton as undergraduates share some of the classes with students from the Economics Department, but the two degrees have otherwise separate curriculum. Penn Economics is generally associated with the Saltwater school of economic thought (along with Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford, and Yale).
The Department houses the Penn Institute for Economic Research (PIER) and is also the editorial home of the International Economic Review, one of the leading general audience journals in economics. Penn's Economics Department is currently ranked 9th in the United States by US News, 8th in the world by ARWU
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Academic Ranking of World Universities , commonly known as the Shanghai ranking, is a publication that was founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong University to rank universities globally. The rankings have been conducted since 2003 and updated annually...
, 10th in the world by Tilburg University, and 16th in the world by IDEAS.
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