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Placement History
The department plays an active role in assisting graduate students with career placement. In a typical year, every MIT Economics PhD graduate finds a job.
Over the past six years, the department has placed a total of 128 graduates in academic, research, and government jobs. Of these, 90 graduates (72%) chose positions at academic institutions and 38 graduates (27%) chose non-academic positions. Of the 90 academic placements, 34 (39%) were at top-15 US economics departments or top-10 US business schools. The tables below break out these proportions for each cohort and highlight some of our top placements.
All placements, 2017-2022
|
Year |
Academic |
Non-Academic |
Academic: Top Depts. |
|
2022 |
68% | 32% | 33% |
|
2021 |
82% |
18% |
44% |
|
2020 |
66% |
34% |
26% |
|
2019 |
67% |
33% |
43% |
|
2018 |
73% |
27% |
56% |
|
2017 |
78% |
21% |
33% |
|
6-Year Average |
72% |
27% |
39% |
Placements to top economics departments and business schools, 2017-2022
|
School |
Placements |
|
Harvard Business School |
5 |
|
Northwestern University |
2 |
|
Harvard University |
2 |
|
Chicago Booth |
4 |
|
Princeton University |
3 |
|
UC Berkeley |
1 |
|
UC Berkeley-Haas |
1 |
|
University of Chicago |
1 |
|
Yale |
3 |
|
Northwestern Kellog |
1 |
|
Stanford GSB |
2 |
|
Wharton |
2 |