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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought you need post graduate degree in Econ to get any entry level analyst job[/quote]

We (economists) have jobs for kids with bachelors. Research assistants generally earn a masters degree within a few years, part time at night.

If your kids want a good job with an Econ degree, they should take plenty of math.[/quote]

Econ majors from top 10 schools are getting their masters degrees part-time at night? 
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Yup. While they have day jobs as research assistants at top research agencies and think tanks. Then in a few years they go off for PhDs.
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What part-time programs are they doing? This is in NYC? 
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Johns Hopkins around here
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And then NY for PhD? Don’t they want to end up in the NY area? 
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No, why would they prefer to be in NYC?

Columbia and NYU are very good for economics but typically people would pick the two top Boston Schools (Harvard/MIT) over them. 
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I'm pretty sure there has never been and [b]never will be a Clark Medal winner from a part-time economics program[/b]. You go to Columbia if Joe Stiglitz wants you as a grad student.  PhD decisions are driven by the individual faculty you will be working with, not the ranking of the program. [/quote]

There is a big difference between gaining a master's to help advance one's career in the private sector - (for which a part time program or approach may make a TON of sense, especially if the employer is paying for all or part of the degree) and pursuing a position in higher education.

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