Application Information

A Message from the Graduate Director - Professor Leslie E. Papke

Thank you for your interest in graduate study in our department. Applications and information regarding resources for graduate students at the University can be found at http://grad.msu.edu/apply/online.aspx.

A list of our faculty can be found on our faculty page: Faculty Directory

Please read Frequently Asked Questions and Guidelines for Admission before emailing any questions.

We have a strong program of graduate study in Economics. In a 1995 report by the National Research Council, the effectiveness of our doctoral program was ranked 25th out of 107 doctoral programs in the United States and we have added outstanding faculty in recent years. According to a recent article, our department ranked 24th in the world in terms of number of pages published in the Economic Journal; 23rd in terms of the number of pages published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics; and 16th in terms of the number of pages published in the Journal of Political Economy.  Click on our faculty listing to learn more about individual faculty research.

Applications for admission to the doctoral program are due December 14th for the following Fall.  No applications received after this date will be considered for admission.

Application materials should be emailed to:

Department of Economics
Michigan State University
Attn: Graduate Application Coordinator
486 W. Circle Drive
110 Marshall-Adams Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824

If you have further questions about our program, you may email our graduate office at ecgrdsec@msu.edu