What is a good college for an undergrad degree in Economics

What is a good college for an undergrad degree in Economics?
I want to go into the more social side of things, not business as much. I live in the midwest,but used to live in the east. Id love to be able to attend college in MA or NY or NH...ect. if I were able to find semi-affordable out of state tuition.
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What will matter more is your internships. One guy can have a B.S in Economics at Penn and another at Penn State, one may have gone through college without doing an internship during a summer, and the other may have done an internship with the Department of Commerce or Goldman Sachs. The internship will matter much more than which college you go to.


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Really, every college and university in the US offers economics. As for the social side, that would mean you want a BA, not a BS in economics. My daughter got her BA in economics at Chatham University, a very nice school in Pittsburgh. www.chatham.edu) She starts her PhD this fall and is on her way to becoming a policy maker in the US government.


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It is hard to find an undergraduate ranking for this field. The top graduate programs would of course be good for undergraduate rankings because they are prestigious schools. If you went to a tier II, III, or IV school you could possibly get a better education, but would have to get better grades to get into a top notch graduate program if you care about that. In all reality a middle of the road school can be better for undergraduates b/c they are focused on teaching instead of research. My friend at a relatively high ranked school is taught almost exclusively by people w/ masters degrees and assistants to the professors because the professors are more interested in their research. I've also heard that they are not too interested when they have to go instruct class for the same reason. My school is lower ranked, but I have never had an economics class taught by anything other than a Phd with extensive experience, including a Nobel Prize winner. I think all the states you listed are most likely going to be expensive to attend. Both tuition and living expenses could be high. You might qualify for grants though. For the social side of economics--of which there is such a thing despite the idiot's comment as economics is a SOCIAL SCIENCE--you can look for a place with developmental economics or poverty economics. These probably wouldn't really be available to undergrads though.