Colleges Offering Economics

Compare program size, cost, selectivity, and institution-wide student outcomes.

Important context: earnings on this page are median outcomes for the school overall, not earnings for graduates of this specific major. Schools are ordered by that institution-wide figure.
123schools
17,040total graduates
$78,126avg school-wide 10yr earnings
#
School
School-wide Earnings
Net Price
Admit
Graduates
1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$124,080
$13,807
3.6%
109
2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

$111,371
$28,699
5.4%
161
3

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

$110,066
$6,128
4.6%
124
4

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

$109,183
$50,062
48.0%
71
5

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

$104,736
$28,849
9.6%
99
6

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

$103,937
$41,704
16.4%
331
7

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

$103,494
$40,815
12.9%
138
8

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

$102,491
$21,590
4.0%
277
9

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

$101,817
$19,066
3.6%
242
10

Yale University

New Haven, CT

$100,533
$23,777
3.9%
165
11

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

$100,423
$43,756
27.0%
91
12

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

$99,980
$26,780
11.3%
157
13

Duke University

Durham, NC

$97,800
$29,612
5.7%
168
14

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

$97,434
$29,519
5.4%
163
15

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

$94,810
$23,781
14.0%
28
16

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

$93,807
$40,766
28.9%
77
17

Brown University

Providence, RI

$93,487
$25,184
5.4%
174
18

Northeastern University

Boston, MA

$92,538
$30,915
5.2%
195
19

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

$92,446
$13,481
11.0%
631
20

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

$91,885
$14,860
4.5%
548
21

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

$91,565
$15,846
5.9%
229
22

Lafayette College

Easton, PA

$91,410
$34,433
31.4%
85
23

George Washington University

Washington, DC

$90,873
$36,586
47.1%
63
24

Trinity College

Hartford, CT

$90,779
$34,832
29.3%
84
25

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

$90,543
$38,782
17.6%
116
26

Rice University

Houston, TX

$89,718
$13,370
8.0%
48
27

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

$89,363
$29,167
7.7%
241
28

Williams College

Williamstown, MA

$88,665
$17,716
8.3%
76
29

Union College

Schenectady, NY

$88,604
$34,561
43.9%
68
30

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

$86,863
$21,565
16.8%
260
31

Washington University in St Louis

St. Louis, MO

$86,182
$21,786
12.1%
91
32

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

$85,569
$44,338
59.3%
93
33

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

$85,139
$28,786
13.9%
95
34

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA

$84,943
$12,470
26.7%
225
35

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA

$84,803
$25,496
14.1%
67
36

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

$83,648
$13,138
15.6%
651
37

Boston University

Boston, MA

$83,238
$24,402
11.1%
237
38

Tufts University

Medford, MA

$83,214
$39,998
11.5%
148
39

University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, MD

$82,860
$15,678
44.8%
250
40

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME

$82,735
$14,398
7.1%
63
41

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

$82,511
$12,548
9.0%
811
42

New York University

New York, NY

$82,509
$37,050
9.2%
548
43

Davidson College

Davidson, NC

$81,400
$17,379
13.4%
78
44

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

$81,054
$14,355
42.4%
273
45

University of California-Davis

Davis, CA

$80,838
$14,741
41.8%
394
46

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

$80,596
$21,620
38.6%
295
47

Barnard College

New York, NY

$80,516
$28,800
8.8%
91
48

Colby College

Waterville, ME

$80,490
$17,180
7.1%
93
49

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

$80,257
$23,149
7.5%
57
50

Haverford College

Haverford, PA

$79,966
$25,314
12.4%
31
51

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

$79,164
$38,793
45.9%
176
52

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

$78,411
$28,985
13.6%
90
53

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX

$78,354
$40,892
63.3%
172
54

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

$78,158
$28,719
21.7%
122
55

Pomona College

Claremont, CA

$77,779
$19,285
7.1%
44
56

Amherst College

Amherst, MA

$77,644
$23,367
9.0%
78
57

Virginia Military Institute

Lexington, VA

$77,369
$17,113
71.3%
46
58

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

$77,231
$35,736
40.5%
72
59

Saint Johns University

Collegeville, MN

$76,786
$25,672
90.6%
19
60

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

$76,310
$31,483
10.8%
112
61

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA

$76,124
$36,425
28.2%
20
62

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

$75,951
$38,263
44.2%
26
63

Carleton College

Northfield, MN

$75,525
$25,407
20.4%
32
64

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

$75,121
$19,857
26.6%
383
65

Connecticut College

New London, CT

$75,001
$36,175
37.0%
57
66

University of California-Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

$74,915
$16,109
33.0%
667
67

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

$73,997
$25,097
52.4%
410
68

University of Connecticut-Stamford

Stamford, CT

$73,997
$16,798
83.0%
4
69

University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus

Hartford, CT

$73,997
$16,403
88.3%
8
70

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

$73,897
$30,177
16.5%
90
71

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

$73,792
$17,354
45.2%
431
72

Ursinus College

Collegeville, PA

$73,721
$30,536
91.8%
37
73

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

$73,490
$19,096
34.1%
68
74

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

$72,200
$11,655
15.3%
349
75

Kenyon College

Gambier, OH

$71,830
$38,512
31.0%
37
76

Trinity University

San Antonio, TX

$71,668
$23,464
25.9%
19
77

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, MA

$71,631
$22,383
59.7%
358
78

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, PA

$71,517
$31,490
38.9%
55
79

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

$71,366
$39,343
18.6%
43
80

DePauw University

Greencastle, IN

$70,527
$22,264
57.2%
35
81

Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

$70,204
$37,607
42.1%
30
82

University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

$69,960
$16,467
72.4%
117
83

Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

$69,512
$34,191
25.2%
30
84

Bates College

Lewiston, ME

$69,498
$29,351
13.3%
62
85

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

$69,020
$16,778
79.8%
195
86

Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY

$68,831
$31,563
64.0%
49
87

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

$68,424
$36,660
44.5%
103
88

University at Albany

Albany, NY

$67,979
$17,167
69.1%
175
89

Washington & Jefferson College

Washington, PA

$67,918
$25,002
80.6%
6
90

Denison University

Granville, OH

$67,753
$40,007
17.4%
65
91

Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Norton, MA

$67,725
$29,822
67.7%
4
92

University of California-Riverside

Riverside, CA

$67,699
$14,304
76.4%
310
93

Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA

$67,589
$33,313
38.1%
23
94

St Lawrence University

Canton, NY

$67,258
$28,651
54.3%
72
95

Centre College

Danville, KY

$66,240
$20,781
54.4%
47
96

St Olaf College

Northfield, MN

$65,543
$23,874
48.3%
60
97

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO

$65,222
$33,375
18.5%
89
98

The University of the South

Sewanee, TN

$64,911
$27,872
56.9%
50
99

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, WA

$64,506
$24,488
83.4%
10
100

Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN

$63,878
$32,149
28.5%
46
101

Wheaton College

Wheaton, IL

$63,756
$26,975
87.4%
29
102

Drew University

Madison, NJ

$63,646
$24,280
67.8%
29
103

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

University Park, PA

$63,435
$32,875
60.6%
355
104

Reed College

Portland, OR

$62,927
$33,013
24.6%
21
105

Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA

$62,830
$17,648
14.5%
38
106

CUNY Queens College

Queens, NY

$62,763
$4,195
64.3%
185
107

Clark University

Worcester, MA

$62,381
$28,714
39.5%
23
108

Allegheny College

Meadville, PA

$62,069
$22,940
54.6%
17
109

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

$61,324
$22,182
88.3%
119
110

Hendrix College

Conway, AR

$60,376
$24,149
55.6%
22
111

Spelman College

Atlanta, GA

$59,993
$38,967
24.9%
34
112

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

$59,979
$16,674
86.1%
106
113

Albion College

Albion, MI

$58,799
$14,301
80.7%
11
114

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA

$58,418
$26,441
36.0%
23
115

Willamette University

Salem, OR

$56,911
$25,121
77.1%
27
116

Lawrence University

Appleton, WI

$55,789
$23,401
63.9%
18
117

Utah State University

Logan, UT

$54,022
$14,936
92.5%
307
118

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

$53,213
$20,729
55.9%
10
119

Strayer University-Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

$40,092
N/A
N/A
2
120

United States Air Force Academy

USAF Academy, CO

N/A
N/A
14.1%
38
121

United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD

N/A
N/A
9.3%
99
122

Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, MI

N/A
N/A
20.7%
39
123

United States Military Academy

West Point, NY

N/A
N/A
12.4%
75
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