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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 136 graduates in academic, research, and government jobs. Of these, 94 graduates (69%) chose positions at academic institutions and 37 graduates (27%) chose non-academic positions. Of the 94 academic placements, 38 (40%) 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, 2019-2024
| Year | Academic | Non-Academic | Academic: Top Depts. |
| 2024 | 95% | 5% | 40% |
| 2023 | 72% | 28% | 46% |
| 2022 | 68% | 40% | 47% |
| 2021 | 65% | 30% | 25% |
| 2020 | 66% | 34% | 32% |
| 2019 | 61% | 22% | 43% |
| 6-Year Average | 71% | 27% | 39% |
Faculty Placements to top economics departments and business schools, 2019-2024
| School | Placements |
| Chicago Booth | 1 |
| Cornell | 1 |
| Harvard Business School | 1 |
| Harvard University | 1 |
| MIT | 1 |
| Northwestern Kellog | 1 |
| Northwestern University | 2 |
| NYU | 2 |
| Princeton University | 3 |
| Stanford University | 1 |
| Stanford GSB | 1 |
| UC Berkeley | 5 |
| UC Berkeley-Haas | 4 |
| UCLA | 2 |
| Wharton | 2 |
| Yale | 3 |