Economics
(Ranked in 2001*)

Rank/School		Average reputation score (5 = highest)
1.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	5.0
2.	Harvard University (MA)	4.9
	Princeton University (NJ)	4.9
	Stanford University (CA)	4.9
	University of Chicago	4.9
6.	University of California--Berkeley	4.8
7.	Yale University (CT)	4.7
8.	Northwestern University (IL)	4.6
9.	University of Pennsylvania	4.4
10.	University of Wisconsin--Madison	4.2
11.	University of California--Los Angeles	4.1
	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	4.1
	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	4.1
14.	California Institute of Technology	4.0
	Columbia University (NY)	4.0
	University of Rochester (NY)	4.0
17.	Cornell University (NY)	3.9
	University of California--San Diego	3.9
19.	Carnegie Mellon University (PA)	3.7
	New York University	3.7
21.	Brown University (RI)	3.6
	Duke University (NC)	3.6
	University of Texas--Austin	3.6
24.	Johns Hopkins University (MD)	3.5
	University of Maryland--College Park	3.5
26.	Boston University	3.4
	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign	3.4
	University of Virginia	3.4
29.	Ohio State University--Columbus	3.3
30.	University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill	3.2
31.	Michigan State University	3.1
	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	3.1
	University of California--Davis	3.1
	University of Iowa	3.1
	University of Washington	3.1
	Washington University in St. Louis	3.1
37.	Texas A&M University--College Station	3.0
	University of Arizona	3.0
39.	Purdue University--West Lafayette (IN)	2.9
40.	Boston College	2.8
	Indiana University--Bloomington	2.8
	University of California--Santa Barbara	2.8
	University of Florida	2.8
	University of Southern California	2.8
	Vanderbilt University (TN)	2.8
46.	Iowa State University	2.7
	University of Pittsburgh	2.7
48.	North Carolina State University--Raleigh	2.6
	Rice University (TX)	2.6
	Rutgers State University--New Brunswick (NJ)	2.6
51.	Claremont Graduate School (CA)	2.5
	Georgetown University (DC)	2.5
	University of Colorado--Boulder	2.5