Doctor of Philosophy in Economics - Macroeconomics

Iowa State University

Students earn 72 graduate credits for the Ph.D. degree, at least 48 of which must be earned in formal coursework. The remainder of these credits may be earned through dissertation research, workshop courses and/or additional coursework. Well-qualified students may enter the Ph.D. program directly from a bachelor’s degree program, but most students enter with a Masters degree or after completing one year in our M.S. program before beginning the Ph.D. core theory sequence. The first-year core Ph.D. coursework prepares students to pass qualifying exams in macroeconomics and microeconomics.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences