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Alphabetical List of U.S. Graduate Programs in Economics

School Name
Website Link
Ph.D. Program 
Terminal Master's
Location
Notes
American University
x
x
 Washington D.C.
Arizona State University
x
Tempe, AZ  
Auburn University
x
 Auburn, AL
Baylor University
x
 Waco, TX
Boston College
x
Chestnut Hill, MA
Boston University
x
x
 Boston, MA
Bowling Green State University
x
 Bowling Green, OH
Brandeis University
x
x
 Waltham, MA
Brown University
x
Providence, RI
California Lutheran University website   x Thousand Oaks, CA
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
x
Pasadena, CA
California State Polytechnic University
x
 Pomona, CA
California State University - Fullerton
x
 Fullerton, CA
California State University East Bay (formerly California State University, Hayward)
x
 Hayward, CA
California State University Long Beach
x
 Long Beach, CA
California State University Los Angeles
x
 Los Angeles, CA
California State University- Sacramento
x
 Sacramento, CA
Carnegie Mellon University
x
Pittsburg, PA
Catholic University of America
x
 Washington D.C.
Central Michigan University
x
 Mount Pleasant, MI
Claremont University
x
x
 Claremont, CA
Clark University
x
Worcester, MA
Clemson University
x
x
 Clemson, SC
Cleveland State University
x
 Cleveland, OH
Colorado School of Mines
x
x
 Golden, CO
Colorado State University
x
x
 Fort Collins, CO
Columbia University
x
New York, NY
Cornell University
x
Ithaca, NY
CUNY - City University of New York
x
 New York, NY
CUNY - City University of New York Grad Center
x
New York, NY
CUNY- Baruch College
x
 New York, NY
CUNY- Brooklyn
x
 Brooklyn, NY
CUNY- Hunter
x
 Hunter, NY
Depaul University
x
 Chicago, IL
Duke University
x
x
 Durham, NC
Drexel University
x
Philadelphia, PA Not accepting new PhD students until 2013
East Carolina University
x
 Greenville, NC
Eastern Illinois University
x
 Charleston, IL
Eastern Michigan University
x
 Ypsilanti, MI 
Emory University
x
Atlanta, GA
Florida Atlantic University
x
 Boca Raton, FL
Florida International University
x
x
 Miami, FL
Florida State University
x
x
 Tallahassee, FL
Fordham University
x
x
 Bronx, NY
George Mason University
x
x
 Fairfax, VA
George Washington University
x
x
 Washington D.C.
Georgetown University
x
Washington D.C.
Georgia Institute of Technology
x
x
 Atlanta, GA
Georgia Southern University
x
 Statesboro, GA
Georgia State University
x
x
 Atlanta, GA
Harvard University
x
Cambridge, MA
Howard University
x
x
 Washington D.C.
Illinois State University
x
 Normal, IL
Indiana University
x
x
 Bloomington, IN
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
x
x
 Indianapolis, IN
Iowa State University
x
x
 Ames, IA
Johns Hopkins University
x
Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins University- Washington
x
 Washington D.C.
Kansas State University
x
x
 Manhattan, KS
Kent State University
x
 Kent, OH
Lehigh University
x
x
 Bethlehem, PA
Louisiana State University
x
x
 Baton Rouge, LA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
x
Cambridge, ma
Miami University
x
 Oxford, OH
Michigan State University
x
East Lansing, MI
Michigan Technological University
x
 Houghton, MI
Middle Tennessee State University
x
x
 Murfreesboro, TN
Mississippi State University
x
x
 Mississippi State, MS 
Montana State University
x
 Bozeman, MT
Murray State University
x
 Murray, KY
New Mexico State University
x
 La Cruces, NM
New York University (NYU)
x
x
 New York, NY
North Carolina State University
x
x
 Raleigh NC
North Dakota State University
x
 Fargo, ND
Northeastern University
x
x
 Boston, MA
Northern Illinois University
x
x
 DeKalb, IL
Northwestern University
x
Evanston, IL
Ohio State University
x
Columbus, OH
Ohio University
x
 Athens, OH
Oklahoma State University
x
x
 Stillwater, OK 
Old Dominion University
x
 Norfolk, VA
Oregon State University
x
x
 Corvallis, OR
Penn State University
x
State College, PA
Portland State University
x
 Portland, OR
Princeton University
x
Princeton, NJ
Purdue University
x
West Lafayette, IN
Rensselear Polytechnic University
x
Troy, NY
Rice University
x
Houston, TX
Roosevelt University
x
 Chicago, IL
Rutgers University
x
x
 New Brunswick, NJ 
Saint Cloud State University
x
 St. Cloud, Minnesota 
San Diego State University
x
 San Diego, CA
San Francisco State University
x
 San Francisco, CA
San Jose State University
x
 San Jose, CA
South Dakota State University
x
 Brookings, SD
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
x
x
 Carbondale, IL
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
x
 Edwardsville, IL
Southern Methodist University
x
x
 Dallas TX 
Stanford University
x
Stanford, CA
Suffolk University
x
x
 Boston, MA
SUNY - Albany
x
x
 Albany, NY
SUNY - Binghamton
x
x
 Binghamton, NY
SUNY - Buffalo
x
x
 Buffalo, NY
SUNY - Stony Brook
x
x
 Stony Brook, NY
Syracuse University
x
x
 Syracuse, NY
Teachers College- Columbia University
x
x
 New York, NY
Temple University
x
x
 Philadelphia, PA
Texas A&M University
x
x
 College Station, TX 
Texas Tech University
x
x
 Lubbock, TX
The New School 
x
x
 New York, NY
Tulane University
x
x
 New Orleans, LA 
Tuts University
x
 Medford, MA
University of Akron
x
 Akron, OH
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
x
x
 Tuscaloosa, AL
University of Alaska - Fairbanks
x
 Fairbanks, AK
University of Arizona
x
Tucson, AZ
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
x
x
 Fayetteville, AR
University of California - Berkeley
x
Berkeley, CA
University of California - Davis
x
Davis, CA
University of California - Irvine
x
Irvine, CA
University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)
x
Los Angeles, CA
University of California - Riverside
x
Riverside, CA
University of California - San Diego
x
San Diego, CA
University of California - Santa Barbara
x
x
 Santa Barbara, CA
University of California - Santa Cruz
x
x
 Santa Cruz, CA
University of Central Florida
x
x
 Orlando, FL
University of  Chicago
x
Chicago, IL
University of Cincinnati
x
 Cincinnati, OH
University of Colorado - Boulder
x
Boulder, CO
University of  Colorado - Denver
x
 Denver, CO
University of Connecticut - Storrs
x
x
 Storrs, CT
University of Delaware
x
x
 Newark, DE
University of Denver
x
 Denver, CO
University of Florida
x
x
 Gainesville, FL
University of Georgia
x
x
 Athens, GA
University of Hawaii
x
x
 Manoa, HI
University of Houston
x
x
 Houston, TX
University of Idaho
x
 Moscow, ID Master's in Applied Economics in cooperation with Washington State University
University of Illinois - Chicago
x
x
 Chicago, IL
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
x
x
 Champaign, IL
University of Iowa
x
Iowa City, IA
University of Kansas
x
x
 Lawrence, KA
University of Kentucky
x
x
 Lexington, KY
University of Maine
x
 Orono, ME
University of Maryland - Baltimore
x
 Baltimore, MD
University of Maryland - College Park
x
College Park, MD
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
x
Amherst, MA
University of Massachusetts - Boston
x
 Boston, MA  
University of Miami
x
Miami, FL  
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
x
x
 Ann Arbor, MI
University of Minnesota
x
Minneapolis, MN
University of Mississippi
x
x
 University, MS
University of Missouri - Columbia
x
x
 Columbia, MO
University of Missouri - Kansas City 
x*
x
 Kansas City, MO
University of Missouri- St. Louis
x
 St. Louis, MO
University of Montana
x
 Missoula, MT
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
x
x
 Lincoln, NE
University of Nebraska- Omaha
x
 Omaha, NE
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
x
 Las Vegas, NV
University of Nevada - Reno
x
x
 Reno, NV  
University of New Hampshire
x
x
 Durham, NH
University of New Mexico
x
x
 Albuquerque, NM
University of New Orleans 
x
New Orleans, LA 
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
x
x
 Chapel Hill, NC
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
x
 Charlotte, NC
University of North Carolina - Greensboro
x
x
 Greensboro, NC
University of North Dakota
x
 Grand Forks, ND
University of North Texas
x
 Denton, TX
University of Notre Dame
x
Norte Dame, IN
University of Oklahoma
x
x
 Norman, OK
University of Oregon
x
x
 Eugene, OR
University of Pennsylvania
x
Philadelphia, PA
University of Pittsburgh
x
Pittsburg, PA
University of Rhode Island
x
x
 Kingston, RI
University of Rochester
x
Rochester, NY
University of San Francisco
x
 San Francisco, CA
University of South Carolina
x
x
 Columbia, SC
University of South Florida
x
x
 St. Petersburg, FL
University of Southern California
x
x
 Los Angeles, CA
University of Tennessee
x
x
 Knoxville, TN
University of Texas- Arlington
x
 Arlington, TX
University of Texas - Austin
x
Austin, TX
University of Texas - Dallas
x
x
 Dallas, TX 
University of Texas - El Paso
x
 El Paso, TX
University of Texas - San Antonio
x
 San Antonio, TX
University of Toledo
x
 Toledo, OH
University of Utah
x
x
 Salt Lake City, UT
University of Virginia
x
Charlottesville, VA
University of Washington
x
Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin - Madison
x
Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
x
x
 Milwaukee, WI
University of Wyoming
x
x
 Laramie, WY
Utah State University
x
x
 Logan, UT
Vanderbilt University
x
Nashville, TN
Vanderbelt Law and Economics 
x
Nashville, TN
Virginia Commonwealth University
x
 Richmond, VA
Virginia State University
x
 Petersburg, VA
Virginia Tech
x
Blacksburg, VA
Washington State University
x
x
 Pullman, WA
Washington University- St. Louis
x
St. Louis, MO
Wayne State University
x
x
 Detroit, MI
West Texas A&M University
x
 Canyon, TX
West Virginia University
x
x
 Morgantown, WV
Western Illinois University
x
 Macomb, IL
Western Michigan University
x
x
 Kalamazoo MI 
Wharton Business School
x
Philadelphia, PA
Wichita State University
x
 Wichita, KS
Williams College
x
 Williamstown, MA
Wright State University
x
 Dayton, OH
Yale University
x
New Haven, CT
Yeshiva University
x
 New York, NY
Youngstown State University
x
 Youngstown, OH