Welcome to the Economics Department
Boston College economics faculty comprises 40 full-time positions. They allocate their time between research and teaching in undergraduate (1,300 majors) and doctoral (70 students) programs as well as participating in the wider intellectual life of the University, the Boston area, and the world.
News and Notes
By the Numbers
1,200
undergraduate majors
70
doctoral students
40
faculty
#21
among U.S. graduate economics departments
IDEAS rankings, December 2022
Our Faculty

James E. Anderson
William B. Neenan, S.J. Millennium Professor

Donald Cox
Professor; Assistant Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies

Arthur Lewbel
Barbara A. and Patrick E. Roche Professor of Economics

Robert Murphy
Professor; Chair of the Economics Department