The Ph.D. program prepares students for professional careers in teaching, research, business, and government. The program provides a broad mastery of theoretical and applied fields of economics. Both orthodox and heterodox approaches to economics are integral parts of the program which includes a technically sophisticated presentation of economic theory and quantitative methods as well as a variety of fields of specialization, with a particular emphasis on cross-cutting themes of inequality, globalization, and sustainability. The department has approximately 30 Ph.D. students in residence and a faculty of 19 with Ph.D.s from leading universities across the U.S and Europe. The Economics Ph.D. program at the University of Utah is STEM-designated.