CONSIDERING A GRADUATE DEGREE IN ECONOMICS? Consider UCI!

Ranked #24 among all public economics programs in the country (U.S. News & World Report), the UCI graduate program in economics offers students five years of guaranteed funding. Scholars in the department have a proven track record of earning competitive research funding from national agencies, including the National Science Foundation, Army Office of Research, and U.S. Department of Agriculture; from private foundations including the Russell Sage Foundation and Arnold Foundation; and from campus-level fellowships, such as the Public Impact, Fletcher Jones and Chancellor’s Club fellowships.

The department has achieved national stature by attracting well-known senior scholars to its faculty and through the advancement of a host of young economists who have achieved national prominence.
 

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According to Academic Analytics data, UCI economics ranks 7th among all economics departments in articles published per faculty. The department ranks 8th in total number of articles published, and UCI economists produce 1.8% of all articles in the discipline, ranking 11th among institutions, with only 1% of the discipline’s faculty. UCI economics also ranks in the top-10 among all economics departments at public institutions (RePEC).

And graduate students have incredible opportunities to publish alongside these world-renowned faculty.

And if that wasn’t enough, the UCI campus is located less than 10 miles from Newport Beach, is the #1 university doing the most for the American dream (New York Times College Access Index), and the #6 ranked best college in the nation (Money Magazine).

 

 

The department has 31 permanent faculty members with research and teaching interests that span a broad range of fields. In addition to strengths in micro theory, macroeconomics and econometrics (Bayesian and classical), the department has expertise in many applied fields.

UCI economists pursue research with real-world policy impacts in areas including:

• Minimum wage debate
• California policy toward enterprise zones
• Regulation of airline alliances
• California high-speed rail demand forecasts
• Public health

Students have an opportunity to earn a master’s degree while in pursuit of their Ph.D. Graduate students from UCI’s economics program have gone on to work in high-tech startups, research consultancy companies, government offices, and in professorial posts around the world.