Bachelor's Economics Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings

Bachelor's Economics Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings, ranked by program debt / annual 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 305 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts0.04×4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 2Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina0.08×6%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 3Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California0.08×10%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 4University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois0.08×4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 5Stanford UniversityStanford, California0.08×4%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 6Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts0.09×8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 7Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland0.09×6%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 8University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania0.09×5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 9Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee0.10×6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 10Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut0.10×4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 11University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California0.10×11%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 12Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts0.10×14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 13Rice UniversityHouston, Texas0.11×8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 14Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts0.11×9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 15Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah0.11×68%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 16CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York0.11×60%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 17Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island0.12×5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 18Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York0.12×9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 19Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine0.12×13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 20Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire0.12×5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 21Barnard CollegeNew York, New York0.12×9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 22University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California0.13×33%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi 23Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois0.13×8%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 24Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont0.13×11%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 25Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York0.13×14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 26California State University-FullertonFullerton, California0.14×91%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi 27Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts0.14×11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 28University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California0.14×10%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 29Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania0.14×7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 30CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York0.15×64%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 31University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California0.15×9%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 32University of California-DavisDavis, California0.15×42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 33CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York0.15×48%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 34Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California0.15×48%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 35University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington0.15×39%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 36University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington0.15×83%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi 37California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California0.16×75%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 38Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts0.16×16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 39Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine0.16×7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 40Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia0.16×14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 41University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina0.16×15%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 42University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana0.17×11%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 43Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania0.17×12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 44Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York0.17×14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 45Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine0.17×7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 46Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire0.17×100%—$37k$50k43%163,16433 mi 47Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah0.17×92%1187$15k$54k59%20,272572 mi 48Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut0.17×29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 49Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri0.18×12%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 50University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California0.18×27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 51San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California0.18×96%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 52CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York0.18×54%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 53California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California0.18×93%—$7k$59k57%32,69114 mi 54Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota0.18×20%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 55University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan0.18×16%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 56Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania0.18×31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 57Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York0.18×19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 58CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York0.19×57%1080$3k$56k56%11,590< 1 mi 59Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York0.19×4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 60University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia0.19×22%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 61Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington0.19×38%1410$33k$68k81%1,531209 mi 62Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina0.19×22%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 63James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia0.19×72%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi 64University of RochesterRochester, New York0.19×40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 65San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California0.20×36%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 66University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia0.20×17%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 67University of FloridaGainesville, Florida0.20×24%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 68Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California0.20×93%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 69Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia0.20×11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 70Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas0.20×63%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 71New York UniversityNew York, New York0.20×9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 72University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California0.20×66%—$18k$68k75%17,9403 mi 73Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina0.20×66%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi 74Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington0.21×91%—$18k$62k54%7,83388 mi 75California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California0.21×31%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 76University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah0.21×86%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 77University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia0.21×38%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 78University of California-IrvineIrvine, California0.21×29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 79University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado0.21×78%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 80Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa0.22×15%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 81Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado0.22×18%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 82Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania0.22×42%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 83The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas0.22×27%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 84Kenyon CollegeGambier, Ohio0.22×31%1429$39k$72k82%1,73270 mi 85Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana0.22×14%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 86Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee0.22×50%1362$29k$67k85%1,836326 mi 87Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona0.22×90%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 88Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona0.22×67%——$63k0%53,782169 mi 89Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York0.22×57%1295$42k$78k80%5,18228 mi 90George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia0.22×47%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 91Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York0.22×39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 92University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa0.23×93%1122$16k$55k68%7,529234 mi 93William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia0.23×34%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 94California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California0.23×95%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 95College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts0.23×18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 96Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut0.23×37%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 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.