Ph.D. Placements by Year & Employer | Economics at Illinois

2022 Graduates

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (Maryland)
Columbia University (New York)
Diagnox (Indiana)
Discover Card (Illinois)
Institut Mines-Telecom Business School (France)
Keystone Strategy (Massachusetts)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts)
Meta (California)
Monash University (Australia)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Connecticut)

2021 Graduates

American Institute for Research (Washington, D.C.)
Centre College (Kentucky)
Ludwig Maximilian University (Munich)
St. Bonaventure University (New York)
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Virginia)
Tianjin University (Tianjin)
Uber (California)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (North Carolina)
Wells Fargo (California)

2020 Graduates

Amazon
EAFIT University, Colombia
Hunan University, China
IÉSEG School of Management, Paris
Korean Capital Markets Institute
Korean Institute of Public Finance
Mathematica
Nanjing Audit University, China
Tianjin University, China
University of the Andes, Colombia
University of Toronto, Canada
Upjohn Institute
Wisconsin Business School (Post-Doc)

2019 Graduates

Capital One
Capital University of Economics and Business, Peking (China)
Cornerstone Research
Hamilton College (visiting)
Korea Labor Institute
Lancaster University
Oberlin (visiting)
Princeton University (Post-Doc)
University of Florida
University of Richmond
University of South Florida
University of Texas (visiting)
US Census Bureau

2018 Graduates

Howard University
Cornell (Policy Analysis and Management)
Ranselear Polytechnic Institute
Bates White
Jinan University, China
University of South Carolina
Skidmore College
Nanyang Technical University (NTU), Singapore
Liaoning University, China
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Shanghai Tech
University of Oregon
Chapman University (Finance)
T Row Price
Finance Ministry, Republic of Korea
Texas Christian University
JP Morgan
ACES Illinois (Post Doctorate)

2017 Graduates

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Independent Budget Office of New York
Deloitte
Korean Capital Market Institute
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
SUNY Binghamton (Visiting)
Cambridge University
University of Georgia, Terry School of Business, Real Estate Group
Facebook
Amazon Research

2016 Graduates

Cambridge University
Moody's
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) - Health Analysis Group
Kent State
Bowling Green State University
University of San Francisco
Amazon
Central Bank of Korea
Ministry of Finance, Government of Korea

2015 Graduates

Capital One
University of Toronto
Ohio University
Innovative Market Design Research Center, Kyushu University
US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service
University of Missouri, Columbia
Amazon
World Bank
Inter-American Development Bank

2014 Graduates

Ernst & Young
Facebook
Institute for Social and Economic Innovation
University of Washington (NTT)
Ohio University
Capital University of Economics and Business, Shandong University
University of Amsterdam
Providence College
Osaka International University
Peking University HSBC Business School

2012 Graduates

University of Washington
Temple University, Fox School of Business
University of Amsterdam
Notre Dame
Notre Dame & Robert Woods Johnson Postdoc at University of Michigan
Indiana University Northwest
California Polytechnic, San Louis Obispo
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SHUFE)
University of Waterloo
Moody's KMV
RW Ventures

2011 Graduates

Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School
Mathematica
Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Standard and Poor's
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Miami
Colby College
World Bank

2010 Graduates

Birmingham Southern College
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department of Agriculture

2000-2009 Graduates (click to expand)

2009

SUNY Freedonia
University of Michigan (lecturer)
University of North Dakota
University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
University of Tennessee
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

2008

Claremont McKenna College, Economics Dept.
Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI)
Middlebury College (visiting)
The American University of Paris
WISE Institute, University of Xiamen

2007

Mathematica Policy Research
Northern Illinois University
Research Institute, Korea
Research Institute, Korea
University of Windsor, Canada
World Bank

2006

Black Hills State University
Indiana University of Philadelphia
Ohio Wesleyan University
Illinois College of Law - post doc
University of Georgia - Athens
University of Oklahoma
Virginia Military Academy
Weber State University
World Bank

2005

Ball State University
Cal State Fullerton
Carleton College
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Georgia State University, Atlanta (Finance Department)
Grand Valley State University
International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC
Korea Institute of Finance
Marquette University
Social Security Administration, Washington, DC
University of Georgia - Athens (visiting)
University of North Dakota
University of Texas at Arlington (visiting)
Xavier University

2004

Australia National University
Drexel University, Philadelphia
ERS Group, Tallahassee
Georgia State University, Atlanta (Finance Department)
International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC
Morningstar, Chicago
Panagora Asset Management, Boston
St. John's University, Visiting Asst. Prof.
The World Bank, Washington, DC
Univ. of CA - Davis, post doc
University of Alberta
Virginia Tech

2003

Korea Institute of Public Finance
Middlebury College, Asst. Prof.
University of North Florida - Jacksonville
University of Singapore
University of Mississippi, Visiting Asst. Prof.
Washburn University

2002

Illinois State University
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC
Prairie View A& M University, Texas
University of Georgia
University of Kentucky
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Virginia Tech
West Virginia University

2001

Arthur Andersen, New York City
C.N.A. Corp. , Alexandria, VA
Columbia University, post doc
International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC
Lexecon, Inc. Chicago, IL
LG Economic Research Institute, Seoul
National University of Singapore
Rochester Institute of Technology
Syracuse University (visiting)
Univ. San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
University of Pennsylvania

2000

Central Michigan University (visiting)
Federal Trade Commission
Health Economics Research, Inc.
Mathematica Policy Research
Panagora Asset Management, Boston
SUNY - Oneata
Tulane University (initially visiting, became tenure track)
Union College
University of Georgia
World Bank (initially temporary, became permanent)

Notes:
(i) This list does not include placements of students who did not use the Departmental placement services. Most of these students returned to their sponsoring agency/government or were subject to a repatriation period due to the terms of their scholarship.
(ii) When an institution is listed twice in any given year, two placements were made to that institution in that year.
(iii) On average, approximately one student per year is not placed or obtains employment with an unknown agency or firm. These students are omitted from this list.