Questions about placement? Contact our placement officer David Autor or placement administrator Shannon Robinson.
Please see our 2025-26 Job Market Candidates below and our CV packet here.
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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 helped place a total of 135 graduates in academic, research, government, and industry jobs. Of these, 103 graduates (76%) chose positions at academic institutions and 32 graduates (24%) chose non-academic positions. Of the 103 academic placements, 44 (32%) 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, 2020-2025
| Year | Academic | Non-Academic | Academic: Top Depts. |
| 2025 | 100% | 0% | 48% |
| 2024 | 95% | 5% | 40% |
| 2023 | 72% | 28% | 46% |
| 2022 | 68% | 40% | 47% |
| 2021 | 68% | 32% | 26% |
| 2020 | 66% | 34% | 32% |
| 6-Year Average | 78% | 23% | 40% |
Faculty Placements to top economics departments and business schools, 2020-2025
| School | Placements |
| Cornell | 1 |
| Harvard Business School | 1 |
| Harvard University | 1 |
| MIT | 1 |
| Northwestern University | 2 |
| NYU | 3 |
| Princeton University | 4 |
| Stanford University | 3 |
| Stanford GSB | 1 |
| UC Berkeley | 3 |
| UC Berkeley-Haas | 3 |
| UCLA | 2 |
| University of Michigan | 1 |
| Wharton | 3 |
| Yale | 4 |
Please see our 2025 Placements here