Students seek graduate training in economics for a number of reasons.
For these students, the master of arts degree in economics may be a final degree leading to a chosen profession. Students with these career goals continue their graduate studies in order to earn the Ph.D. degree. There are twelve full-time faculty members in the Department of Economics with diverse backgrounds and research interests. In addition, several faculty members from the Department of Resource Economics in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture participate in the Ph.D. program. Faculty from the business administration program, the philosophy department, and the mathematics department are contributors to the overall effectiveness of the Ph.D. program.