Bachelor's Economics Programs with the Highest Five-Year Earnings

Bachelor's Economics Programs with the Highest Five-Year Earnings, ranked by median five-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Economics programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 352 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina$171,9866%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 2Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$161,2514%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 3University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois$157,1814%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 4Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire$153,2955%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 5University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$152,2365%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 6Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California$151,74410%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 7Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts$150,8628%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 8Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts$150,1519%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 9Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont$150,03111%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 10Stanford UniversityStanford, California$148,6924%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 11Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia$145,82014%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 12Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland$145,4526%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 13Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine$142,2457%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 14Barnard CollegeNew York, New York$136,9649%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 15Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania$136,0217%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 16Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York$134,3984%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 17Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$132,40712%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 18Pomona CollegeClaremont, California$131,7427%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 19Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut$131,1714%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 20Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York$130,13914%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 21Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$129,6679%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 22Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California$128,64248%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 23Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$128,4496%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 24Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts$126,12411%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 25Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois$125,6398%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 26University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California$125,63611%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 27Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut$123,09629%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 28University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia$122,87922%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 29Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine$122,1267%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 30University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$120,25711%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 31College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts$118,10218%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 32Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York$117,16457%1295$42k$78k80%5,18228 mi 33Union CollegeSchenectady, New York$113,42744%1395$35k$89k80%2,046104 mi 34Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire$113,138100%—$37k$50k43%163,16433 mi 35Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts$112,77416%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 36Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island$112,3065%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 37Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut$109,56037%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 38Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina$109,50622%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 39Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine$108,67313%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 40University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan$108,62716%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 41Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York$108,31214%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 42Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota$107,99720%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 43University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California$107,94833%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi 44Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$107,56714%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 45Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania$106,10031%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 46New York UniversityNew York, New York$105,1209%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 47Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island$105,07051%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 48Rice UniversityHouston, Texas$104,8288%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 49Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia$104,63311%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 50George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$104,48447%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 51Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania$103,73539%1379$31k$72k83%2,09952 mi 52Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$103,04319%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 53University of RochesterRochester, New York$102,90640%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 54Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$101,84489%1258$30k$87k79%4,9486 mi 55Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania$101,58029%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 56University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$100,7849%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 57Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California$100,59493%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 58Pace UniversityNew York, New York$100,49676%1266$31k$70k60%7,665< 1 mi 59Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts$100,38741%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 60Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania$100,24527%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 61Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut$99,16765%—$46k$75k73%7,0874 mi 62Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$98,90868%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 63University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$98,55510%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 64Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$98,2805%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 65Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts$98,280———$93k—1,8022 mi 66Northeastern University OaklandOakland, California$98,28017%1472$25k$93k—4642 mi 67DePauw UniversityGreencastle, Indiana$97,81457%1340$22k$71k75%1,905139 mi 68Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut$97,56533%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 69Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$97,54479%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 70Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota$97,30129%1440$32k$64k87%2,131134 mi 71St. John's University-New YorkQueens, New York$97,27383%1244$30k$70k66%9,4774 mi 72The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$97,24427%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 73Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, California$97,03387%—$30k$79k70%1,9478 mi 74Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas$96,92763%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 75Creighton UniversityOmaha, Nebraska$96,81780%1321$32k$74k83%4,348424 mi 76University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina$96,78515%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 77James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia$96,39072%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi 78Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York$96,37821%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 79University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia$95,94117%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 80Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina$95,43166%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi 81Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington$93,62782%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 82Oberlin CollegeOberlin, Ohio$93,31834%1447$39k$58k81%2,88711 mi 83University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$92,39939%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 84University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington$92,39983%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi 85Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington$92,36338%1410$33k$68k81%1,531209 mi 86Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio$92,11375%1317$28k$55k80%16,656161 mi 87Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, Illinois$92,05639%1275$28k$71k75%1,582114 mi 88Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York$92,03763%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 89University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts$91,25560%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 90University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois$91,19142%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 91Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, Minnesota$90,54561%1290$23k$66k77%1,878190 mi 92Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington$90,09787%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 93Fordham UniversityBronx, New York$90,01259%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 94Drew UniversityMadison, New Jersey$89,49268%1227$24k$64k70%1,53314 mi 95California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California$89,39431%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 96Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana$89,21114%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.