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Undergraduate Studies


 

After Graduation

 

Looking for a Job
Job Search Websites
Graduate and Professional Schools
Undergraduate Placement Listing

Looking for a Job

You should not wait until the last semester of your senior year to begin searching for a job. You should begin working with the CLA Career Services (411 Science Teaching and Student Services) early in your junior year, if not sooner. See their website for all the services that they offer to help you get ready for the job search process: http://www.cclc.umn.edu/

Since on-campus recruiting primarily happens during fall semesters, you will want to be registered for the free Goldpass system before the beginning of the fall term. Goldpass is an online database that can help you find internships, volunteer opportunities and jobs. For more information about the Goldpass system go to: http://goldpass.umn.edu.

Additional Resources

  1. The Economics department listserv. You must be an officially declared major to have access to this listserv. To declare your major contact Madhu Bhat, the Economics Undergraduate Adviser at econadv@umn.edu
  2. The Economics Student Organization sometimes has job information. Their website is http://www.tc.umn.edu/~eso/
  3. For more specialized jobs, look at the following job search websites:

Job Search Websites

Public and Private Career Websites

AfterCollege www.aftercollege.com
Monster.Com www.monster.com

International Careers

Overseas Jobs www.overseasjobs.com
Monster.com Work Abroad international.monster.com
Escape from America www.escapeartist.com/jobs/

Federal Careers

Bureau of Labor Statistics http://stats.bls.gov/bls/jobshome.htm
Federal Reserve http://www.federalreserve.gov/careers/
Treasury Department http://www.treas.gov/organization/employment

Washington D.C. Careers

Roll Call Classifieds rcjobs.com
Washington, D.C. Homepage dcop.dc.gov

Careers in Minnesota

State of Minnesota www.careers.state.mn.us/
U of M Human Resources Department www.umn.edu/ohr
County Jobs www.mncounties.org
Hennepin County www.co.hennepin.mn.us
Ramsey County www.co.ramsey.mn.us/hr/hrjobs.asp

Non-Profit Careers

Minnesota Council of Non-Profits www.mncn.org
Minnesota Council on Foundations www.mcf.org/mcf/whatsnew/jobs.htm

Graduate and Professional Schools

Below, we have listed national rankings of graduate programs in Economics, graduate Business programs, and law schools. Most graduate and professional schools ask for completed applications, together with supporting letters of recommendation by mid-December (prior to when you seek Fall admission). You should write for application forms early in the Fall semester of your senior year. We suggest you take the relevant national test (GRE or GMAT or LSAT) in late summer or early Fall.

The Undergraduate Adviser in the Department of Economics sometimes has information about the top graduate programs in Economics as well as the top M.B.A. and Business programs. For detailed information, we suggest you look at their websites.

Graduate Economics Program Rankings
(US News and World Reports, 2009)

Academic Quality Incidentally, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities was ranked among the top four programs in the field of Macroeconomics.

Note: The rankings were based on the school's reputation for academic quality. The criteria were the school's reputation for scholarship, curriculum, and the quality of the faculty and graduate students.

1. Harvard University
1. MIT
1. Princeton University
1. University of Chicago
5. Stanford University
6. University of California-Berkeley
6. Yale University
8. Northwestern University
9. University of Pennsylvania
10. Columbia University
10. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
12. New York University
12. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
14. California Institute of Technology
14. UCLA
14. University of California-San Diego
14. University of Wisconsin-Madison
18. Cornell University
19. Brown University
19. Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
19. Duke University

Rankings of Law Schools

(U.S. News & World Report, 2010 )

The overall rank is based on rankings by academics, lawyers, and judges, student selectivity, placement success, faculty resources, and two separate measures of institutional reputation.

1. Yale University
2. Harvard University
3. Stanford University
4. Columbia University
5. University of Chicago
6. New York University
7. University of California-Berkeley
7. University of Pennsylvania
9. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
10. University of Virginia
11. Duke University
11. Northwestern University
13. Cornell University
14. Georgetown University
15. UCLA
15. University of Texas - Austin
17. Vanderbilt University
18. University of Southern California
19. Washington University in St. Louis
20. George Washington University

 

 

 

Rankings of Business Schools

(U.S. News & World Report, 2010 )


1. Harvard University
1. Stanford University
3. MIT (Sloan)
4. Northwestern University (Kellogg)
5. University of Chicago (Booth)
5. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
7. Dartmouth College (Tuck)
8. University of California-Berkeley (Haas)
9. New York University (Stern)
11. Yale University
12. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross)
13. University of Virgina (Darden)
14. Duke University (Fuqua)
15. UCLA (Anderson)
16. Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
16. University of Texas-Austin (McCombs)
18. Cornell University (Johnson)
19. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
20. University of Southern California (Marshall)

 

 

 

 

Undergraduate Placement Listing

In the past few years our graduates have branched off into different venues. Listed are some of the destinations.

Ameriprise Financial
Arcelor-Kiswire (South Korea)
Assurant Health
Aveda Corporation
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Catastrophe Risk Analyst
Caterpillar Construction Equipment
Chicago Board of Trade
Comptroller of the Currency
Deloitte Consulting
Dorsey and Whitney
eFund Corporation
Ernst & Young
Export-Import Bank
G and K Services
Goldman, Sachs
Godsmith, Agio and Helms
Johnson High School
Menards
Miller Brewing Company
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Peace Corps
Piper Jaffrey
RiverSource Investments
Target Corporation
United Way
University of Minnesota
U. S. Bank
U. S. Dept of the Treasury
U. S. Marine Corp
Waddell and Reed
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Wells Fargo
U. S. Foreign Service

Others have chosen to continue their education by attending the following types of post-baccalaureate programs:

Ph.D. in Economics at:

California Institute of Technology
University of Chicago
Columbia University
Georgetown University
University of Minnesota
University of California, Los Angeles
Technische Universitat (Dresden, Germany)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Illinois (Urana-Champaign)
University of Colorado

Ph.D. in Sociology at:

University of North Carolina

Master of Arts in Economics at:

Indiana University - Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University
Wayne State University
Yale University
Cornell University
Florida International University
Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin

Other Masters Programs:

Health Care Administration (University of Minnesota)
Industrial Relations (University of Minnesota)
Statistics (Columbia University)
Financial Mathematics (Columbia)

Law School at:

Indiana University - Bloomington
Boston University
Hamline University
Seton Hall University
William Mitchell
University of Minnesota
University of Michigan
University of Tulsa

Masters of Business Administration at:

University of Minnesota
University of St. Thomas