• Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics at the University of California Los Angeles is a 5 years program.
  • It is an on-campus program offered only on a full-time basis.
  • This degree program is also classified as a stem program.
  • In their first year, students normally enroll in the Mathematics of Economics course and the three first-year graduate core sequences in microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, and quantitative methods.
  • Starting in the second year, students take coursework in three fields (or two fields and a breadth option) of their choosing from the major fields.
  • The major fields or sub-disciplines of the program are:
    • Econometrics
    • Economic History
    • Industrial Organization
    • International Economics
    • Labor Economics
    • Macro and Monetary Economics
    • Public Sector Economics
  • To be eligible to continue in the doctoral program, students must pass the first-year core written comprehensive exams in all three first-year core sequences by the end of their second year.
  • The comprehensive exams are offered twice a year, at the end of the spring quarter, and at the end of summer.
  • The normal class size is from 20 to 25 students.
  • University of California Los Angeles is one of the top-ranked economics departments in the world.