| Crossing the finish line: Completing college at America's public universities WG Bowen, M McPherson, MM Chingos Princeton University Press, 2009 | 2560 | 2009 |
| Economic analysis, moral philosophy, and public policy D Hausman, M McPherson, D Satz Cambridge university press, 2017 | 1779 | 2017 |
| The student aid game: Meeting need and rewarding talent in American higher education M McPherson, M Schapiro Princeton University Press, 2021 | 950 | 2021 |
| Taking ethics seriously: economics and contemporary moral philosophy DM Hausman, MS McPherson Journal of economic literature 31 (2), 671-731, 1993 | 698 | 1993 |
| Does student aid affect college enrollment? New evidence on a persistent controversy MS McPherson, MO Schapiro The American Economic Review 81 (1), 309-318, 1991 | 462 | 1991 |
| Keeping college affordable: Government and educational opportunity MS McPherson, MO Schapiro Brookings Institution Press, 2010 | 455 | 2010 |
| An overview of American higher education S Baum, C Kurose, M McPherson The future of children, 17-39, 2013 | 310 | 2013 |
| Tenure issues in higher education MS McPherson, MO Schapiro Journal of Economic Perspectives 13 (1), 85-98, 1999 | 286 | 1999 |
| Online higher education: Beyond the hype cycle MS McPherson, LS Bacow Journal of Economic Perspectives 29 (4), 135-154, 2015 | 275 | 2015 |
| Capitalism,‘property-owning democracy,’and the welfare state R Krouse, M McPherson, A Gutmann Democracy and the Welfare State (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988 …, 1988 | 189 | 1988 |
| The economics of academic tenure: a relational perspective MS McPherson, GC Winston Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 4 (2-3), 163-184, 1983 | 168 | 1983 |
| The demand for higher education MS McPherson Public policy and private higher education 81, 143-196, 1978 | 162 | 1978 |
| The human factor: The promise & limits of online education S Baum, M McPherson Daedalus 148 (4), 235-254, 2019 | 154 | 2019 |
| Preference satisfaction and welfare economics DM Hausman, MS McPherson Economics & Philosophy 25 (1), 1-25, 2009 | 150 | 2009 |
| Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in US higher education MS McPherson, MO Schapiro, GC Winston University of Michigan Press, 1993 | 122 | 1993 |
| Lesson plan: An agenda for change in American higher education WG Bowen, M McPherson Princeton University Press, 2016 | 107 | 2016 |
| Mill's moral theory and the problem of preference change MS McPherson Ethics 92 (2), 252-273, 1982 | 97 | 1982 |
| Microeconomics of college choice, careers, and wages J Behrman, L Kletzer, M McPherson, MO Schapiro The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 559 (1 …, 1998 | 95 | 1998 |
| The economics of cost, price, and quality in US higher education MS McPherson, GC Winston Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in US higher …, 1993 | 90 | 1993 |
| The future economic challenges for the liberal arts colleges MS McPherson, MO Schapiro Daedalus 128 (1), 47-75, 1999 | 87 | 1999 |
