An Economics major is excellent preparation for graduate study in law, public administration, economics, or business. Students who plan to attend graduate school in economics should consider a major in Applied Mathematical Economics or should supplement their major with additional math courses (see Economics for students planning for graduate study in economics). Students who plan to pursue an MBA should earn their Economics major in the School of Business Adminstration.

Economics offers excellent preparation for law school as shown in a recent study by Nieswiadomy in the Journal of Economic Education (1998).

"The average LSAT scores of disciplines with more than 2,000 students who applied for 1991-92 or 1994-95 law school admission are shown in Table 1. Economics majors ranked first among these majors in both years! The most popular major for law school, political science, ranked at or below the average scores of 151.6 (1994-95) and 151.9 (1991-92) for all students. Criminology (which includes criminal justice) ranked last."

What Graduate Schools Accept U.D. Economics Majors?

U.D. economics graduates have been accepted at the following graduate and/or law schools in recent years: