Best Schools for Economics
Top colleges ranked by median earnings 2 years after graduation.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · Private
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ · Private
Duke University
Durham, NC · Private
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA · Private
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH · Private
Yale University
New Haven, CT · Private
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · Private
Stanford University
Stanford, CA · Private
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA · Private
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · Private
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · Private
Pomona College
Claremont, CA · Private
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Private
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA · Private
Williams College
Williamstown, MA · Private
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT · Private
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD · Private
Georgetown University
Washington, DC · Private
Amherst College
Amherst, MA · Private
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · Private
Rice University
Houston, TX · Private
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN · Private
Tufts University
Medford, MA · Private
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME · Private
Barnard College
New York, NY · Private
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY · Private
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN · Private
Bates College
Lewiston, ME · Private
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO · Public
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA · Private
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA · Private
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY · Private
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA · Private
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY · Private
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA · Private
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA · Private
University of Richmond
University of Richmond, VA · Private
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA · Private
Providence College
Providence, RI · Private
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN · Private
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY · Private
Brown University
Providence, RI · Private
Emory University
Atlanta, GA · Private
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA · Public
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX · Private
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · Public
Trinity College
Hartford, CT · Private
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL · Private
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · Public
Data source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard - earnings data for graduates with this field of study.
Earnings: Median earnings 2 years after graduation for students who completed this major.
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