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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Economics & Econometrics

Discover which universities around the world are the best for economics & econometrics with the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.

Partly thanks to a perfect score for both academic and employer reputation, Harvard University is once again the best university in the world for studying economics.

There's only one change in the top 10 universities for economics this year, with the University of Cambridge rising two places to 10th, overtaking Columbia University which slips to 11th.

 

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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Economics & Econometrics

Discover which universities around the world are the best for economics & econometrics with the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.

Partly thanks to a perfect score for both academic and employer reputation, Harvard University is once again the best university in the world for studying economics.

There's only one change in the top 10 universities for economics this year, with the University of Cambridge rising two places to 10th, overtaking Columbia University which slips to 11th.

 

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Published on: 10 April 2024

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Overall Score: 99.2
Harvard University Harvard University
location Cambridge, United States
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Employer Reputation

100

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Paper

95.9

H-index Citations

100

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Rank 2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 96.9

Employer Reputation

95.8

Academic Reputation

97.3

Citations per Paper

97.6

H-index Citations

96.3

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Scholarship

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Rank 3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 95.7
Stanford University Stanford University
location Stanford, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

93.8

Academic Reputation

95.4

Citations per Paper

97.8

H-index Citations

95.9

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Rank 4 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.8
University of Chicago University of Chicago
location Chicago, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

81.6

Academic Reputation

94.2

Citations per Paper

100

H-index Citations

99.1

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Rank 5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.9
Princeton University Princeton University
location Princeton, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

82.5

Academic Reputation

95.5

Citations per Paper

98.9

H-index Citations

92.3

International Fees

Scholarship

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Rank 6 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.6

Employer Reputation

87.4

Academic Reputation

92.9

Citations per Paper

94.6

H-index Citations

95.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 7 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 91.8

Employer Reputation

87.4

Academic Reputation

94.2

Citations per Paper

90.3

H-index Citations

92.9

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Rank 8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 91
Yale University Yale University
location New Haven, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

87.8

Academic Reputation

90.3

Citations per Paper

95

H-index Citations

91.5

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Rank 9 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.9
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

96.4

Academic Reputation

92.8

Citations per Paper

85.4

H-index Citations

87.2

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Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.8
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

95.4

Academic Reputation

90.9

Citations per Paper

83.9

H-index Citations

82.7

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Rank 11 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.6
Columbia University Columbia University
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

82.6

Academic Reputation

87.4

Citations per Paper

92.6

H-index Citations

92.8

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Rank 12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.6
New York University (NYU) New York University (NYU)
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

81.6

Academic Reputation

85.8

Citations per Paper

93.7

H-index Citations

90.9

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Scholarship

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Rank 13 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.1
University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania
location Philadelphia, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

80.7

Academic Reputation

85.7

Citations per Paper

92.7

H-index Citations

90.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.8

Employer Reputation

85.9

Academic Reputation

84.6

Citations per Paper

92.2

H-index Citations

86.5

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Rank 15 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.3
Northwestern University Northwestern University
location Evanston, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

73.5

Academic Reputation

86.6

Citations per Paper

94.6

H-index Citations

90.4

International Fees

Scholarship

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Rank 16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.4

Employer Reputation

81.9

Academic Reputation

86.7

Citations per Paper

87.4

H-index Citations

84.1

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Rank 17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84

Employer Reputation

85.6

Academic Reputation

84.7

Citations per Paper

83.8

H-index Citations

81.3

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Rank 18 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.8
UCL UCL
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

81.3

Academic Reputation

81.8

Citations per Paper

88

H-index Citations

86.3

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Scholarship

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Rank 19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.2

Employer Reputation

82.8

Academic Reputation

81

Citations per Paper

87.8

H-index Citations

83.3

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Rank 20 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.3
Peking University Peking University
location Beijing, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

84.8

Academic Reputation

81

Citations per Paper

84.6

H-index Citations

79.9

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Scholarship

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Rank 21 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.2

Employer Reputation

81.1

Academic Reputation

79.5

Citations per Paper

87.9

H-index Citations

83.2

International Fees

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Rank 22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.6
Tsinghua University Tsinghua University
location Beijing, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

85.2

Academic Reputation

77.9

Citations per Paper

86.1

H-index Citations

81

International Fees

Scholarship

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Rank =23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.1
The University of Warwick The University of Warwick
location Coventry, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

76.2

Academic Reputation

79

Citations per Paper

87.2

H-index Citations

84.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Rank =23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.1

Employer Reputation

76.2

Academic Reputation

77.2

Citations per Paper

90.2

H-index Citations

84.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Rank 25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.6
Cornell University Cornell University
location Ithaca, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79.3

Academic Reputation

75.7

Citations per Paper

88.8

H-index Citations

83.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.4

Employer Reputation

67.7

Academic Reputation

78.3

Citations per Paper

93.7

H-index Citations

84.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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Rank 27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.2
ETH Zurich ETH Zurich
location Zürich, Switzerland
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79.9

Academic Reputation

79.5

Citations per Paper

84.4

H-index Citations

77.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Rank =28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.1
London Business School London Business School
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

78.7

Academic Reputation

76.8

Citations per Paper

90.7

H-index Citations

77.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.1

Employer Reputation

61.7

Academic Reputation

81.9

Citations per Paper

91.6

H-index Citations

83.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =30 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.9
Duke University Duke University
location Durham, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

74

Academic Reputation

74.7

Citations per Paper

90.1

H-index Citations

86.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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