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Doctoral Program Characteristics and Rankings in Agricultural Economics
Author(s) -
Foltz John C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.2307/1349638
Subject(s) - agriculture , agricultural economics , economics , regional science , sociology , geography , archaeology
A 1989 survey of 30 agricultural economics departments that offer Ph.D. programs indicated a diversity of requirements with 93 and 73 percent requiring microeconomic and macro‐economic examinations, respectively. The average Ph.D. program required 4.6 years, but varied from three to eight years to complete, depending on the university. A longer Ph.D. program was found to be correlated with a more highly ranked department.