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Best Colleges for Economics

414 schools offering this bachelor's program, ranked by graduate earnings.

414
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$48,484
Avg. Earnings
$20,669
Avg. Debt

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Top Schools for Economics

Schools offering this major
# School Location Median Earnings Type
1 Cambridge, Massachusetts $110,878 Private nonprofit
2 Princeton, New Jersey $103,078 Private nonprofit
3 Durham, North Carolina $90,856 Private nonprofit
4 Claremont, California $87,754 Private nonprofit
5 Hanover, New Hampshire $87,604 Private nonprofit
6 New Haven, Connecticut $86,621 Private nonprofit
7 Chicago, Illinois $85,637 Private nonprofit
8 Stanford, California $85,391 Private nonprofit
9 Swarthmore, Pennsylvania $81,702 Private nonprofit
10 New York, New York $79,419 Private nonprofit
11 Cambridge, Massachusetts $78,971 Private nonprofit
12 Claremont, California $77,213 Private nonprofit
13 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $77,087 Private nonprofit
14 Wellesley, Massachusetts $76,460 Private nonprofit
15 Williamstown, Massachusetts $76,460 Private nonprofit
16 Middlebury, Vermont $75,518 Private nonprofit
17 Baltimore, Maryland $75,047 Private nonprofit
18 Washington, District of Columbia $74,702 Private nonprofit
19 Amherst, Massachusetts $74,576 Private nonprofit
20 Evanston, Illinois $73,035 Private nonprofit
21 Houston, Texas $72,884 Private nonprofit
22 Nashville, Tennessee $72,134 Private nonprofit
23 Medford, Massachusetts $71,778 Private nonprofit
24 Brunswick, Maine $71,015 Private nonprofit
25 New York, New York $70,456 Private nonprofit
26 Berkeley, California $70,379 Public
27 Ithaca, New York $69,948 Private nonprofit
28 Notre Dame, Indiana $69,338 Private nonprofit
29 Lewiston, Maine $69,338 Private nonprofit
30 Rolla, Missouri $69,338 Public
31 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $69,338 Private nonprofit
32 Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts $69,069 Private nonprofit
33 Troy, New York $68,790 Private nonprofit
34 Santa Clara, California $68,379 Private nonprofit
35 Hamilton, New York $67,995 Private nonprofit
36 Worcester, Massachusetts $66,519 Private nonprofit
37 Waltham, Massachusetts $66,401 Private nonprofit
38 University of Richmond, Virginia $65,821 Private nonprofit
39 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $65,387 Private nonprofit
40 Providence, Rhode Island $64,791 Private nonprofit
41 Saint Paul, Minnesota $64,493 Private nonprofit
42 Clinton, New York $63,501 Private nonprofit
43 Providence, Rhode Island $63,302 Private nonprofit
44 Atlanta, Georgia $62,632 Private nonprofit
45 Charlottesville, Virginia $62,409 Public
46 Dallas, Texas $62,012 Private nonprofit
47 Ann Arbor, Michigan $61,829 Public
48 Hartford, Connecticut $61,814 Private nonprofit
49 Bloomington, Illinois $61,516 Private nonprofit
50 Santa Barbara, California $60,790 Public