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If names like Stuart Mill, Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes and Paul Krugman mean something to you, then the University of Pennsylvania Economics department (a part of the University of Pennsylvania's School of arts and sciences) might be the place for you. At this top-ranked school, students study all aspects of economic science under the direction of leading scholars in the field.

The undergraduate economics program is one of the largest in Penn's school of arts and sciences, and its main mission is to improve economic literacy and analytical ability among its students. UPenn's graduate program in economics aims to train future generations of research economics. Students in this program study all major areas of economics, though the department is particularly strong in theoretical and empirical microeconomics, and modern macroeconomics. After earning their Ph.D.s, students may go on to careers in academia, or hold research positions in the public and private sectors in both in the United States and abroad. It generally takes just over five years to complete a doctorate at UPenn Economics, and most students receive funding from a combination of fellowships, grants and teaching assistantships.

UPenn Economics is home to about 40 full-time faculty members in addition to a number of faculty who are affiliated with the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania's college of business. Professors in the department regularly produce top-quality research and are committed to passing their knowledge on to the students they teach. Every year visiting faculty and scholars teach and conduct research at UPenn Economics. Many faculty have received international awards for their scholarship, and Professor Lawrence Klein was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Economics. University of Pennsylvania Economics is also home to two research centers (The Center for Research in Economics and the Social Sciences and The Penn Institute for Economic Research), as well the International Economic Review, a leading journal that has published important papers and research in a range of subject areas, including econometrics, economic theory, macroeconomics and applied economics.

Quick Facts:

University of Pennsylvania's economics department is one of the top-ranked economics programs in the country.

There are two research centers in the University of Pennsylvania's Economics department: The Center for Research in Economics and The Social Sciences (CARESS) and The Penn Institute for Economic Research (PIER).

About 10,000 graduate students are enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania's 12 graduate and professional schools, in addition to 10,000 undergraduate students.

Penn students come from every state in the United States and all over the world.

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