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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 130 graduates in academic, research, and government jobs. Of these, 90 graduates (69%) chose positions at academic institutions and 36 graduates (28%) chose non-academic positions. Of the 90 academic placements, 35 (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, 2018-2023
Year |
Academic |
Non-Academic |
Academic: Top Depts. |
2023 | 72% | 28% | 46% |
2022 | 63% | 38% | 33% |
2021 | 79% | 21% | 29% |
2020 | 66% | 34% | 26% |
2019 | 61% | 22% | 43% |
2018 | 73% | 27% | 56% |
6-Year Average | 69% | 28% | 39% |
Placements to top economics departments and business schools, 2018-2023
School |
Placements |
Chicago Booth | 4 |
Harvard Business School | 3 |
Harvard University | 2 |
MIT | 1 |
Northwestern Kellog | 1 |
Northwestern University | 2 |
NYU | 2 |
Princeton University | 2 |
Stanford GSB | 2 |
UC Berkeley | 2 |
UC Berkeley-Haas | 1 |
Wharton | 2 |
Yale | 4 |