Best Colleges for Economics

Schools offering this major, ranked by graduate earnings.

123schools

21,155total graduates

$78,126avg 10yr earnings

School

10yr Earnings

Net Price

Admit

Graduates

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

$124,080

$13,807

3.6%

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

$109,183

$50,062

48.0%

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

Duke University

Durham, NC

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

$94,810

$23,781

14.0%

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

Brown University

Providence, RI

Northeastern University

Boston, MA

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Lafayette College

Easton, PA

George Washington University

Washington, DC

Trinity College

Hartford, CT

$90,779

$34,832

29.3%

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

Rice University

Houston, TX

$89,718

$13,370

8.0%

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Williams College

Williamstown, MA

Union College

Schenectady, NY

$88,604

$34,561

43.9%

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

Washington University in St Louis

St. Louis, MO

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA

$84,803

$25,496

14.1%

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

Boston University

Boston, MA

Tufts University

Medford, MA

University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, MD

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME

$82,735

$14,398

7.1%

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

New York University

New York, NY

Davidson College

Davidson, NC

$81,400

$17,379

13.4%

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

University of California-Davis

Davis, CA

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

Barnard College

New York, NY

$80,516

$28,800

8.8%

Colby College

Waterville, ME

$80,490

$17,180

7.1%

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

$80,257

$23,149

7.5%

Haverford College

Haverford, PA

$79,966

$25,314

12.4%

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Pomona College

Claremont, CA

$77,779

$19,285

7.1%

Amherst College

Amherst, MA

$77,644

$23,367

9.0%

Virginia Military Institute

Lexington, VA

$77,369

$17,113

71.3%

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

Saint Johns University

Collegeville, MN

$76,786

$25,672

90.6%

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA

$76,124

$36,425

28.2%

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

$75,951

$38,263

44.2%

Carleton College

Northfield, MN

$75,525

$25,407

20.4%

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

Connecticut College

New London, CT

$75,001

$36,175

37.0%

University of California-Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

University of Connecticut-Stamford

Stamford, CT

$73,997

$16,798

83.0%

University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus

Hartford, CT

$73,997

$16,403

88.3%

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

Ursinus College

Collegeville, PA

$73,721

$30,536

91.8%

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Kenyon College

Gambier, OH

$71,830

$38,512

31.0%

Trinity University

San Antonio, TX

$71,668

$23,464

25.9%

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, MA

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, PA

$71,517

$31,490

38.9%

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

$71,366

$39,343

18.6%

DePauw University

Greencastle, IN

$70,527

$22,264

57.2%

Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

$70,204

$37,607

42.1%

University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

$69,512

$34,191

25.2%

Bates College

Lewiston, ME

$69,498

$29,351

13.3%

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY

$68,831

$31,563

64.0%

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

University at Albany

Albany, NY

Washington & Jefferson College

Washington, PA

$67,918

$25,002

80.6%

Denison University

Granville, OH

$67,753

$40,007

17.4%

Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Norton, MA

$67,725

$29,822

67.7%

University of California-Riverside

Riverside, CA

Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA

$67,589

$33,313

38.1%

St Lawrence University

Canton, NY

$67,258

$28,651

54.3%

Centre College

Danville, KY

$66,240

$20,781

54.4%

St Olaf College

Northfield, MN

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO

$65,222

$33,375

18.5%

The University of the South

Sewanee, TN

$64,911

$27,872

56.9%

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, WA

Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN

Wheaton College

Wheaton, IL

Drew University

Madison, NJ

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

University Park, PA

Reed College

Portland, OR

Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA

CUNY Queens College

Queens, NY

Clark University

Worcester, MA

Allegheny College

Meadville, PA

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

Hendrix College

Conway, AR

Spelman College

Atlanta, GA

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Albion College

Albion, MI

Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA

Willamette University

Salem, OR

Lawrence University

Appleton, WI

Utah State University

Logan, UT

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

Strayer University-Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

$40,092

N/A

120

United States Air Force Academy

USAF Academy, CO

N/A

14.1%

121

United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD

Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, MI

N/A

20.7%

123

United States Military Academy

West Point, NY

N/A

12.4%

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