“I am immensely thankful to MA program faculty and staff, who walked me through a new academic field with great understanding and hand-holding. This program helped me achieve my long-cherished dream of learning Economics- and I must say this was one of the best learning experiences though the learning curve was steep. It is holding me in great benefit at Harvard where the skills I acquired at UT Austin keep me in constant advantage in all the courses I am taking in my doctoral program.”
—Mrinalini Darswal, Class of 2020
* indicates M.A. program alumni who applied to PhD programs after leaving our program. (We continue to advise students even after their M.A. graduation.)
Cohort Starting PhDs in 2023:
11 students applied, 11 placed
Econ PhD Programs: UC-Berkeley, Cornell, NYU*, Duke, Syracuse, UC-Riverside, UT-Dallas, Kansas
Other Graduate Programs: Maryland (ARE), UT-Austin-McCombs (Marketing), Washington University in St. Louis* (Finance)
Cohort Starting PhDs in 2022:
20 students applied, 18 placed
Econ PhD Programs: UC-Berkeley ARE, UT-Austin, Maryland (2), Michigan State U* (2), Pittsburgh, Washington, Georgia State, UC Riverside (2), Florida State, Singapore Management U, Shanghai Jiao Tong, American University, Texas A&M Ag Econ
Other Graduate Programs: MIT-Sloan* (Finance), UBC Sauder* (Finance)
Cohort Starting PhDs in 2021:
29 students applied, 24 placed
Econ PhD Programs: UC-Berkeley*, Minnesota*, NYU-Stern, Maryland, UT-Austin (3), UT-Austin* (2), Washington University-St. Louis (Business Econ), Indiana, Indiana-Kelley (Business Econ and Public Policy), Texas A&M, Georgetown, Syracuse, Emory, Stony Brook, U of New Mexico*, Oregon State (Applied Econ), and Calgary
Other Graduate Programs: UC-Berkeley (Accounting), UNC-Chapel Hill* (Public Policy), U of Illinois Chicago (Public Policy), Iowa (Marketing)
Cohort Starting PhDs in 2020:
15 students applied, all 15 placed
Econ PhD Programs: Columbia*, UT-Austin (3), UC-Davis* (ARE), Virginia, Texas A&M* (Ag Econ), Georgia State (2), GWU, Syracuse, and Missouri
Other Graduate Programs: Harvard’s Chan School (Public Health), Chicago Harris School (Public Policy), Rutgers (Accounting-MIS)
Cohort Starting PhDs in 2019:
24 applied, 20 placed.
Econ PhD Programs: Univ of British Columbia, UT-Austin (3), Ohio State, UNC-Chapel Hill (2), UC-Santa Barbara*, Arizona*, Texas A&M, Western Ontario, UC-Irvine, Rutgers, Purdue, Purdue (Ag Econ), and UC-Riverside
Other Graduate Programs: Stanford* (Accounting), Harvard (Health Policy), HKUST (Finance), and Connecticut (Statistics)
Cohort Starting PhDs in 2018:
22 applied, 18 placed.
Econ PhD Programs: Boston University, UT-Austin, Michigan State, Ohio State, UC-Davis, Virginia, UC-Santa Barbara, Texas A&M (Ag Econ), UC-Irvine, Syracuse, Colorado (2), CUNY, and U Houston
Other Graduate Programs: Vanderbilt (Law and Economics, 2), Rutgers (Accounting), Utah (Accounting)
Full list of programs since 2014
Economics unless otherwise noted.
- American University
- Arizona State University
- Boston University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Drexel University
- Duke University
- Duke University (Sociology)
- Emory University
- George Washington University
- Georgia State University
- Harvard University (Health Policy)
- Harvard University (Kennedy School)
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Finance)
- Indiana University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Kansas
- Maryland (ARE)
- Michigan State University
- Michigan State University (AgEcon)
- Nanyang Tech (Finance)
- National University of Singapore
- New York University
- North Carolina State University
- Ohio State University
- Purdue University
- Purdue University (AgEcon)
- Rice University
- Rutgers University
- Rutgers University (Accounting Information Systems)
- Stanford University (Accounting)
- SUNY-Binghamton
- Syracuse University
- Texas A&M University
- Texas A&M University (AgEcon)
- UC-Berkeley
- UC-Berkeley (Accounting)
- UC-Davis
- UC-Irvine
- UCLA
- UCLA (Marketing)
- UC-Riverside
- UC-Santa Barbara
- University of Arizona
- University of British Columbia (Sauder, Strategy/Business Econ)
- University of Chicago (Harris School of Public Policy)
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- University of Connecticut (Statistics)
- University of Houston
- University of Iowa
- University of Kansas
- University of Maryland (AgEcon)
- University of Missouri
- University of New Mexico
- University of North Carolina
- University of North Carolina (Public Policy)
- University of Pennsylvania (Wharton, Health Care Mgmt)
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Texas at Austin (McCombs, Marketing)
- University of Texas at Dallas
- University of Utah (Eccles, Accounting)
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Western Ontario
- University of Wyoming (Marketing)
- Uppsala University
- Vanderbilt University
- Vanderbilt University (Law and Economics)