Economics
777
Schools
Bachelor's
Credential Level
$92,741
National Avg Earnings
Earnings Distribution
Min
$76,116
25th %ile
$81,475
Median
$87,437
75th %ile
$103,078
Max
$153,139
$76,116 $153,139
Top Schools for This Program
| School Name | State | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | NC | 219 | $153,139 | $13,187 |
| University of Chicago | IL | 423 | $127,832 | $13,395 |
| Amherst College | MA | 74 | $127,636 | $16,662 |
| Stanford University | CA | 90 | $127,416 | $12,500 |
| University of Pennsylvania | PA | 225 | $125,816 | $14,621 |
| Middlebury College | VT | 129 | $125,751 | $19,500 |
| Yale University | CT | 198 | $125,006 | $12,562 |
| Harvard University | MA | 215 | $124,570 | $6,617 |
| Dartmouth College | NH | 166 | $118,120 | $18,132 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | 338 | $117,355 | $25,000 |
| Claremont McKenna College | CA | 118 | $115,832 | $12,000 |
| Williams College | MA | 108 | $115,082 | $12,925 |
| Trinity College | CT | 88 | $112,699 | $21,500 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MA | 45 | $110,878 | — |
| Washington and Lee University | VA | 56 | $110,050 | $23,399 |
| Johns Hopkins University | MD | 112 | $108,040 | $12,250 |
| Cornell University | NY | 169 | $107,248 | $15,000 |
| University of California-Berkeley | CA | 751 | $106,624 | $12,650 |
| Northwestern University | IL | 338 | $105,795 | $15,250 |
| Swarthmore College | PA | 84 | $105,566 | $19,500 |
| Tufts University | MA | 172 | $105,444 | $17,850 |
| Vanderbilt University | TN | 257 | $104,258 | $12,000 |
| Colgate University | NY | 133 | $103,456 | $17,500 |
| Barnard College | NY | 80 | $103,309 | $16,250 |
| Princeton University | NJ | 126 | $103,078 | $11,250 |
| Santa Clara University | CA | 94 | $102,794 | $19,500 |
| University of Richmond | VA | 42 | $102,501 | $22,750 |
| Colby College | ME | 69 | $102,153 | $24,250 |
| Pomona College | CA | 60 | $100,669 | — |
| University of Notre Dame | IN | 243 | $100,568 | $19,000 |
| College of the Holy Cross | MA | 112 | $96,461 | $27,000 |
| Brown University | RI | 203 | $94,824 | $13,000 |
| Hamilton College | NY | 102 | $94,218 | $17,500 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | PA | 54 | $94,093 | $22,020 |
| Boston College | MA | 316 | $93,934 | $18,000 |
| Georgetown University | DC | 179 | $92,475 | $15,500 |
| Wake Forest University | NC | 139 | $91,751 | $20,500 |
| Wellesley College | MA | 82 | $91,749 | $11,190 |
| Southern New Hampshire University | NH | 81 | $91,624 | $23,861 |
| Bates College | ME | 71 | $90,762 | $13,000 |
| Providence College | RI | 48 | $90,036 | $26,000 |
| Lafayette College | PA | 117 | $88,504 | $19,500 |
| Bowdoin College | ME | 63 | $88,368 | $19,500 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | 703 | $88,311 | $13,440 |
| Rice University | TX | 86 | $88,145 | $11,644 |
| Villanova University | PA | 123 | $88,087 | $26,497 |
| New York University | NY | 503 | $87,957 | $19,767 |
| Brandeis University | MA | 151 | $87,870 | $25,295 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | 586 | $87,800 | $18,750 |
| DePauw University | IN | 63 | $87,437 | $26,932 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | NY | 4 | $86,862 | — |
| University of Rochester | NY | 115 | $86,785 | $19,946 |
| Connecticut College | CT | 83 | $86,772 | $23,125 |
| Emory University | GA | 128 | $86,679 | $20,826 |
| Gettysburg College | PA | 74 | $86,599 | $26,812 |
| James Madison University | VA | 61 | $86,390 | $17,000 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | IL | 14 | $85,928 | — |
| Union College | NY | 78 | $85,922 | $27,000 |
| Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | PA | 16 | $84,681 | — |
| Pace University | NY | 73 | $84,209 | $25,500 |
| Marist University | NY | 25 | $84,203 | $26,000 |
| Sacred Heart University | CT | 25 | $84,096 | $20,800 |
| Macalester College | MN | 55 | $83,794 | $24,000 |
| Carleton College | MN | 45 | $83,775 | $19,500 |
| Morehouse College | GA | 22 | $83,743 | $22,502 |
| Drexel University | PA | 49 | $83,676 | $29,130 |
| The College of Wooster | OH | 12 | $82,277 | — |
| Fairfield University | CT | 27 | $81,906 | $23,250 |
| Saint Mary's College of California | CA | 23 | $81,879 | — |
| The University of Texas at Austin | TX | 450 | $81,620 | $19,500 |
| Vassar College | NY | 49 | $81,561 | $19,000 |
| Brigham Young University | UT | 216 | $81,529 | $11,000 |
| Northeastern University Oakland | CA | 7 | $81,504 | $23,250 |
| Northeastern University | MA | 159 | $81,504 | $23,250 |
| University of California-Los Angeles | CA | 833 | $81,475 | $15,000 |
| Clark University | MA | 44 | $81,309 | $27,000 |
| George Washington University | DC | 176 | $80,898 | $20,500 |
| Washington University in St Louis | MO | 116 | $80,729 | $14,805 |
| Miami University-Oxford | OH | 160 | $80,452 | $24,625 |
| George Mason University | VA | 132 | $80,423 | $19,000 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | 511 | $80,369 | $18,423 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | 310 | $79,490 | $22,250 |
| Colorado College | CO | 82 | $79,354 | $18,628 |
| Bucknell University | PA | 127 | $79,134 | $25,888 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | 409 | $79,084 | $14,135 |
| Rutgers University-Camden | NJ | 12 | $78,565 | $22,750 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | 342 | $78,565 | $22,750 |
| Rutgers University-Newark | NJ | 31 | $78,565 | $22,750 |
| Sonoma State University | CA | 45 | $78,350 | $19,000 |
| Gonzaga University | WA | 36 | $77,846 | $22,125 |
| Fordham University | NY | 146 | $77,636 | $23,250 |
| Boston University | MA | 300 | $77,424 | $24,224 |
| Tulane University of Louisiana | LA | 126 | $77,364 | $19,500 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | OK | 83 | $77,023 | $19,434 |
| Creighton University | NE | 40 | $76,895 | $26,250 |
| Hobart William Smith Colleges | NY | 72 | $76,563 | $26,967 |
| St. John's University-New York | NY | 36 | $76,529 | $23,250 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | 52 | $76,499 | $17,500 |
| University of Southern California | CA | 183 | $76,486 | $13,850 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | 372 | $76,116 | $19,500 |
About This Data
Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Median earnings represent graduates who received federal financial aid. Completers count and debt figures reflect program-level data reported by institutions. Data is updated annually.