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Economics Degree

351 schools compared · Average earnings $53,967/yr

Schools Offering

351

Avg Grad Earnings

$53,967/yr

Avg DegreeWorth Score

58/100

AI Automation Risk

Very High

59% task exposure

Best Schools for Economics

Top 351 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score. Click any row for full AI scenario analysis and earnings projections.

#	School	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	85 77–89	$80,446/yr	Very High	20.2x
2	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	85 78–88	$63,332/yr	Very High	37.1x
3	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	84 77–87	$65,344/yr	Very High	25.9x
4	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	83 76–85	$67,501/yr	Very High	19.2x
5	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	83 76–85	$64,386/yr	Very High	20.6x
6	Utah State University Logan, UT	83 75–86	$60,472/yr	Very High	22.9x
7	California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CA	83 76–83	$57,440/yr	Very High	19.6x
8	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI	82 75–84	$57,663/yr	Very High	21.1x
9	Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA	82 74–85	$53,825/yr	Very High	29.7x
10	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	81 74–84	$59,187/yr	Very High	19.3x
11	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	81 72–85	$58,717/yr	Very High	19.8x
12	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	81 74–84	$51,728/yr	Very High	25.0x
13	Fort Hays State University Hays, KS	81 75–83	$50,690/yr	Very High	21.5x
14	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	81 74–84	$48,632/yr	Very High	34.0x
15	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	80 72–85	$69,807/yr	Very High	16.2x
16	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	80 71–85	$66,334/yr	Very High	17.0x
17	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	80 71–83	$62,286/yr	Very High	16.8x
18	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	80 71–84	$62,091/yr	Very High	17.3x
19	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	80 72–83	$59,142/yr	Very High	17.4x
20	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	80 72–83	$58,650/yr	Very High	17.9x
21	Iowa State University Ames, IA	80 73–83	$57,619/yr	Very High	18.3x
22	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	80 73–82	$56,201/yr	Very High	17.3x
23	California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CA	80 73–80	$51,815/yr	Very High	15.6x
24	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	80 73–83	$47,304/yr	Very High	31.6x
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	79 70–83	$68,416/yr	Very High	14.8x
26	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	79 70–82	$54,495/yr	Very High	18.0x
27	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI	79 72–80	$53,595/yr	Very High	16.2x
28	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	79 72–82	$52,857/yr	Very High	18.9x
29	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	79 71–82	$52,212/yr	Very High	18.8x
30	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA	79 72–82	$52,129/yr	Very High	18.8x
31	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	79 72–82	$49,312/yr	Very High	21.3x
32	SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY	79 70–83	$48,691/yr	Very High	23.8x
33	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	79 73–80	$47,743/yr	Very High	17.7x
34	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	79 72–82	$47,351/yr	Very High	23.6x
35	Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL	79 73–81	$47,344/yr	Very High	18.3x
36	Ohio University-Eastern Campus Saint Clairsville, OH	79 72–82	$46,655/yr	Very High	25.2x
37	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus Chillicothe, OH	79 72–82	$46,655/yr	Very High	25.2x
38	Ohio University-Southern Campus Ironton, OH	79 72–82	$46,655/yr	Very High	25.2x
39	Ohio University-Lancaster Campus Lancaster, OH	79 72–82	$46,655/yr	Very High	25.2x
40	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus Zanesville, OH	79 72–82	$46,655/yr	Very High	25.2x
41	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA	79 71–82	$46,408/yr	Very High	23.4x
42	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	79 70–82	$46,310/yr	Very High	24.9x
43	Ball State University Muncie, IN	78 72–79	$56,782/yr	Very High	12.2x
44	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	78 68–82	$53,934/yr	Very High	17.3x
45	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	78 70–81	$52,490/yr	Very High	16.3x
46	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI	78 71–81	$51,344/yr	Very High	17.4x
47	University of Houston Houston, TX	78 70–81	$50,820/yr	Very High	18.2x
48	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	78 69–81	$49,314/yr	Very High	18.5x
49	CUNY York College Jamaica, NY	78 72–79	$47,940/yr	Very High	15.3x
50	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	78 71–81	$46,425/yr	Very High	20.7x
51	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI	78 69–82	$46,404/yr	Very High	25.1x
52	CUNY City College New York, NY	78 70–80	$45,556/yr	Very High	21.2x
53	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	77 70–79	$74,958/yr	Very High	10.4x
54	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	77 69–79	$54,778/yr	Very High	14.5x
55	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	77 68–81	$50,223/yr	Very High	17.1x
56	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	77 68–82	$48,120/yr	Very High	20.4x
57	State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY	77 70–80	$47,363/yr	Very High	18.9x
58	Montana State University Bozeman, MT	77 70–79	$47,098/yr	Very High	17.2x
59	North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC	77 71–79	$45,446/yr	Very High	19.0x
60	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	77 67–81	$44,898/yr	Very High	22.3x
61	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	77 69–80	$42,349/yr	Very High	30.2x
62	Florida International University Miami, FL	77 69–80	$42,314/yr	Very High	27.7x
63	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	76 67–80	$58,921/yr	Very High	13.2x
64	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	76 68–79	$54,859/yr	Very High	13.9x
65	Western Colorado University Gunnison, CO	76 70–76	$53,403/yr	Very High	11.0x
66	Towson University Towson, MD	76 68–79	$50,910/yr	Very High	14.9x
67	University of Georgia Athens, GA	76 68–81	$49,725/yr	Very High	16.9x
68	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	76 67–80	$45,401/yr	Very High	19.0x
69	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	76 69–77	$44,258/yr	Very High	17.3x
70	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	76 68–80	$44,125/yr	Very High	22.4x
71	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	75 70–76	$58,590/yr	Very High	9.8x
72	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	75 70–76	$56,731/yr	Very High	10.0x
73	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	75 66–79	$56,261/yr	Very High	13.0x
74	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY	75 70–74	$53,857/yr	Very High	10.9x
75	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	75 66–79	$53,024/yr	Very High	13.8x
76	Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA	75 68–76	$51,960/yr	Very High	12.6x
77	University of North Texas Denton, TX	75 69–76	$51,316/yr	Very High	12.9x
78	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	75 69–76	$47,766/yr	Very High	12.3x
79	Boise State University Boise, ID	75 68–75	$46,137/yr	Very High	12.1x
80	SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY	75 66–78	$43,977/yr	Very High	17.7x
81	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	75 67–78	$43,656/yr	Very High	18.2x
82	Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT	75 69–76	$43,266/yr	Very High	15.0x
83	University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL	75 68–75	$41,519/yr	Very High	15.2x
84	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	75 66–79	$39,993/yr	Very High	29.4x
85	University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA	75 67–78	$39,899/yr	Very High	23.7x
86	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	74 66–77	$56,902/yr	Very High	11.7x
87	University of Delaware Newark, DE	74 66–78	$55,905/yr	Very High	12.1x
88	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	74 64–79	$50,518/yr	Very High	14.2x
89	Worcester State University Worcester, MA	74 68–74	$50,463/yr	Very High	10.2x
90	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	74 66–77	$50,209/yr	Very High	13.2x
91	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	74 65–79	$49,738/yr	Very High	14.3x
92	University of Southern Maine Portland, ME	74 68–74	$49,173/yr	Very High	10.3x
93	University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO	74 68–76	$46,748/yr	Very High	14.3x
94	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	74 64–79	$46,416/yr	Very High	16.2x
95	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	74 65–78	$45,443/yr	Very High	15.8x
96	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	74 67–77	$44,663/yr	Very High	16.4x
97	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	74 64–79	$44,349/yr	Very High	18.1x
98	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	74 65–77	$44,327/yr	Very High	16.2x
99	College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY	74 68–75	$43,227/yr	Very High	13.4x
100	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA	74 65–79	$40,155/yr	Very High	23.9x
101	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	74 65–78	$39,836/yr	Very High	24.1x
102	The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	73 66–75	$62,218/yr	Very High	9.4x
103	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	73 65–78	$57,379/yr	Very High	11.9x
104	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	73 65–77	$54,013/yr	Very High	11.7x
105	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	73 66–75	$52,864/yr	Very High	11.0x
106	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	73 66–76	$52,635/yr	Very High	11.9x
107	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	73 64–78	$51,192/yr	Very High	12.8x
108	Portland State University Portland, OR	73 66–75	$47,865/yr	Very High	12.7x
109	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA	73 65–77	$46,860/yr	Very High	14.2x
110	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	73 64–78	$45,420/yr	Very High	15.5x
111	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	73 65–77	$41,547/yr	Very High	17.5x
112	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	73 64–78	$40,598/yr	Very High	20.5x
113	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	73 64–77	$39,377/yr	Very High	20.5x
114	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	73 64–77	$38,475/yr	Very High	22.9x
115	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	72 65–76	$103,993/yr	Very High	5.8x
116	Duke University Durham, NC	72 64–76	$98,649/yr	Very High	5.5x
117	Stanford University Stanford, CA	72 64–75	$98,104/yr	Very High	4.9x
118	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	72 66–73	$53,985/yr	Very High	9.8x
119	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	72 63–77	$52,309/yr	Very High	12.1x
120	Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ	72 63–77	$51,848/yr	Very High	11.8x
121	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	72 63–77	$51,848/yr	Very High	12.2x
122	St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD	72 64–75	$51,483/yr	Very High	11.4x
123	University of California-Merced Merced, CA	72 65–75	$51,212/yr	Very High	11.6x
124	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	72 65–74	$50,873/yr	Very High	11.0x
125	University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford, PA	72 64–75	$50,529/yr	Very High	11.6x
126	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Johnstown, PA	72 64–75	$50,529/yr	Very High	11.6x
127	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	72 63–78	$50,295/yr	Very High	13.2x
128	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI	72 63–77	$49,665/yr	Very High	12.7x
129	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	72 65–75	$48,462/yr	Very High	12.5x
130	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	72 64–75	$48,149/yr	Very High	12.6x
131	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR	72 63–77	$45,708/yr	Very High	14.2x
132	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	71 65–73	$103,041/yr	Very High	3.3x
133	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	71 64–75	$94,675/yr	Very High	4.8x
134	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	71 63–75	$92,075/yr	Very High	4.9x
135	Amherst College Amherst, MA	71 63–74	$90,568/yr	Very High	4.6x
136	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	71 63–75	$89,505/yr	Very High	4.9x
137	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	71 63–75	$89,097/yr	Very High	4.8x
138	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	71 63–74	$86,284/yr	Very High	4.2x
139	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	71 63–75	$85,879/yr	Very High	4.7x
140	Barnard College New York, NY	71 62–74	$85,860/yr	Very High	4.2x
141	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	71 64–73	$65,603/yr	Very High	7.7x
142	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	71 63–74	$54,328/yr	Very High	10.0x
143	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT	71 63–75	$52,227/yr	Very High	10.5x
144	University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT	71 63–75	$52,227/yr	Very High	10.5x
145	University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT	71 63–75	$52,227/yr	Very High	10.5x
146	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT	71 63–75	$52,227/yr	Very High	10.5x
147	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	71 63–77	$51,848/yr	Very High	11.7x
148	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	71 63–75	$51,521/yr	Very High	11.1x
149	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	71 64–73	$50,648/yr	Very High	10.5x
150	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	71 63–75	$47,908/yr	Very High	11.8x
151	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	71 62–75	$46,302/yr	Very High	12.4x
152	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	71 62–76	$45,708/yr	Very High	13.2x
153	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	71 63–75	$45,386/yr	Very High	12.6x
154	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	71 62–75	$44,292/yr	Very High	13.7x
155	University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO	71 62–75	$41,076/yr	Very High	15.7x
156	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	71 62–75	$37,679/yr	Very High	19.7x
157	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	71 61–76	$37,432/yr	Very High	21.7x
158	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	71 61–75	$35,628/yr	Very High	24.4x
159	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	70 63–72	$86,367/yr	Very High	3.2x
160	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	70 62–73	$84,967/yr	Very High	3.9x
161	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	70 62–73	$84,932/yr	Very High	3.8x
162	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	70 63–73	$84,311/yr	Very High	4.0x
163	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	70 62–73	$83,135/yr	Very High	3.9x
164	Yale University New Haven, CT	70 62–73	$82,617/yr	Very High	4.1x
165	Williams College Williamstown, MA	70 62–74	$80,888/yr	Very High	4.8x
166	Rice University Houston, TX	70 62–72	$78,814/yr	Very High	3.5x
167	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	70 61–74	$78,181/yr	Very High	4.7x
168	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	70 61–73	$76,944/yr	Very High	4.4x
169	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	70 61–73	$76,606/yr	Very High	4.4x
170	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	70 63–73	$48,636/yr	Very High	10.6x
171	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	70 62–74	$47,034/yr	Very High	11.2x
172	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	70 62–72	$46,655/yr	Very High	10.8x
173	University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO	70 63–73	$46,583/yr	Very High	11.2x
174	Radford University Radford, VA	70 63–73	$45,189/yr	Very High	11.9x
175	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	70 62–73	$44,759/yr	Very High	12.1x
176	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	70 61–74	$37,368/yr	Very High	18.1x
177	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	70 59–75	$34,580/yr	Very High	25.4x
178	Georgetown University Washington, DC	69 62–70	$84,460/yr	Very High	2.2x
179	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	69 61–73	$77,274/yr	Very High	3.9x
180	Colby College Waterville, ME	69 61–73	$76,401/yr	Very High	4.3x
181	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	69 61–72	$76,299/yr	Very High	3.8x
182	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	69 61–72	$75,867/yr	Very High	3.7x
183	Elon University Elon, NC	69 61–71	$69,298/yr	Very High	4.4x
184	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	69 61–72	$52,227/yr	Very High	8.9x
185	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	69 61–74	$46,523/yr	Very High	11.2x
186	University of Maine Orono, ME	69 63–70	$46,159/yr	Very High	8.2x
187	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	69 60–74	$45,941/yr	Very High	11.3x
188	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO	69 63–69	$45,257/yr	Very High	8.4x
189	Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA	69 62–71	$43,682/yr	Very High	11.2x
190	University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR	69 63–69	$41,919/yr	Very High	9.4x
191	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	69 60–74	$40,078/yr	Very High	14.9x
192	Washington State University Pullman, WA	69 57–76	$39,762/yr	Very High	16.3x
193	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	68 61–70	$79,845/yr	Very High	2.8x
194	Tufts University Medford, MA	68 60–72	$75,125/yr	Very High	3.6x
195	Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	68 61–71	$74,023/yr	Very High	3.3x
196	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	68 59–73	$71,737/yr	Very High	4.6x
197	Pomona College Claremont, CA	68 59–72	$70,051/yr	Very High	4.3x
198	Spelman College Atlanta, GA	68 61–71	$59,907/yr	Very High	5.7x
199	University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA	68 60–72	$45,153/yr	Very High	10.8x
200	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	68 60–73	$44,087/yr	Very High	11.8x
201	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	68 62–68	$43,064/yr	Very High	8.4x
202	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT	68 59–73	$41,910/yr	Very High	12.5x
203	Westfield State University Westfield, MA	68 60–73	$41,085/yr	Very High	13.1x
204	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	68 58–73	$33,742/yr	Very High	20.9x
205	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY	68 58–73	$33,709/yr	Very High	20.3x
206	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	67 59–70	$72,099/yr	Very High	3.2x
207	Brown University Providence, RI	67 59–70	$72,064/yr	Very High	3.1x
208	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	67 59–69	$71,630/yr	Very High	2.8x
209	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	67 59–70	$71,350/yr	Very High	3.1x
210	Emory University Atlanta, GA	67 60–70	$71,340/yr	Very High	3.3x
211	Trinity College Hartford, CT	67 59–71	$71,191/yr	Very High	3.6x
212	Bates College Lewiston, ME	67 59–70	$71,187/yr	Very High	3.3x
213	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	67 60–69	$70,967/yr	Very High	3.0x
214	Providence College Providence, RI	67 59–70	$69,364/yr	Very High	3.3x
215	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	67 59–71	$69,288/yr	Very High	3.9x
216	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	67 60–70	$50,529/yr	Very High	7.6x
217	Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA	67 59–71	$45,309/yr	Very High	10.0x
218	Clemson University Clemson, SC	67 59–71	$45,075/yr	Very High	9.9x
219	University at Albany Albany, NY	67 57–72	$37,188/yr	Very High	15.0x
220	SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	67 56–73	$34,297/yr	Very High	18.7x
221	Smith College Northampton, MA	66 60–67	$71,559/yr	Very High	2.0x
222	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	66 59–69	$70,946/yr	Very High	2.9x
223	Northeastern University Boston, MA	66 59–69	$70,531/yr	Very High	2.9x
224	New York University New York, NY	66 59–70	$68,495/yr	Very High	3.3x
225	Lafayette College Easton, PA	66 59–70	$68,164/yr	Very High	3.2x
226	George Washington University Washington, DC	66 58–69	$67,684/yr	Very High	3.0x
227	John Carroll University University Heights, OH	66 59–68	$65,098/yr	Very High	3.1x
228	St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN	66 59–67	$64,916/yr	Very High	2.3x
229	Wheaton College Wheaton, IL	66 60–67	$62,889/yr	Very High	2.6x
230	Canisius University Buffalo, NY	66 59–68	$55,786/yr	Very High	4.2x
231	Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY	66 57–70	$55,614/yr	Very High	5.3x
232	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	66 59–69	$54,778/yr	Very High	—
233	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	66 58–69	$48,242/yr	Very High	7.4x
234	Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA	66 58–70	$46,046/yr	Very High	8.8x
235	Illinois State University Normal, IL	66 58–71	$44,015/yr	Very High	10.2x
236	William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ	66 58–69	$43,148/yr	Very High	9.6x
237	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	66 58–70	$41,713/yr	Very High	10.9x
238	Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL	66 58–71	$40,004/yr	Very High	12.1x
239	Villanova University Villanova, PA	65 58–68	$67,065/yr	Very High	2.9x
240	Carleton College Northfield, MN	65 58–69	$66,567/yr	Very High	3.1x
241	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	65 57–68	$63,475/yr	Very High	3.0x
242	DePauw University Greencastle, IN	65 58–69	$63,395/yr	Very High	3.3x
243	Whitworth University Spokane, WA	65 58–66	$63,134/yr	Very High	2.1x
244	Union College Schenectady, NY	65 56–69	$62,846/yr	Very High	3.3x
245	Connecticut College New London, CT	65 57–69	$62,732/yr	Very High	3.2x
246	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	65 56–70	$61,027/yr	Very High	3.9x
247	Creighton University Omaha, NE	65 56–68	$54,827/yr	Very High	4.1x
248	The University of Tampa Tampa, FL	65 58–67	$54,284/yr	Very High	3.1x
249	Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA	65 58–68	$50,402/yr	Very High	5.7x
250	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	65 58–68	$43,444/yr	Very High	8.7x
251	State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY	65 53–71	$31,597/yr	Very High	19.8x
252	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	64 58–66	$66,325/yr	Very High	2.1x
253	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	64 57–66	$64,885/yr	Very High	2.2x
254	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	64 57–68	$62,925/yr	Very High	3.0x
255	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	64 56–67	$61,713/yr	Very High	2.6x
256	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN	64 57–66	$60,323/yr	Very High	2.7x
257	Assumption University Worcester, MA	64 57–65	$58,954/yr	Very High	2.0x
258	The University of the South Sewanee, TN	64 57–66	$58,532/yr	Very High	2.6x
259	Rhodes College Memphis, TN	64 56–67	$57,814/yr	Very High	3.1x
260	Trinity University San Antonio, TX	64 56–68	$57,482/yr	Very High	3.3x
261	Siena College Loudonville, NY	64 56–67	$54,328/yr	Very High	3.4x
262	Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL	64 58–65	$54,169/yr	Very High	2.6x
263	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	64 58–64	$32,877/yr	Very High	11.1x
264	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	64 51–71	$30,432/yr	Very High	19.9x
265	Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	63 57–66	$61,946/yr	Very High	2.3x
266	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	63 56–67	$59,752/yr	Very High	2.7x
267	Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	63 56–66	$59,122/yr	Very High	2.6x
268	American University Washington, DC	63 56–65	$58,151/yr	Very High	2.4x
269	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	63 56–66	$58,046/yr	Very High	2.8x
270	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	63 55–67	$57,299/yr	Very High	2.9x
271	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	63 55–68	$56,416/yr	Very High	3.2x
272	Saint Johns University Collegeville, MN	63 55–66	$54,752/yr	Very High	2.9x
273	Pace University New York, NY	63 54–67	$51,426/yr	Very High	3.9x
274	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	63 54–71	$37,767/yr	Very High	12.3x
275	Pitzer College Claremont, CA	62 56–64	$59,767/yr	Very High	1.4x
276	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	62 55–65	$58,082/yr	Very High	2.1x
277	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	62 55–65	$58,082/yr	Very High	2.1x
278	St Lawrence University Canton, NY	62 55–65	$57,829/yr	Very High	2.2x
279	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	62 54–66	$57,060/yr	Very High	2.6x
280	St Olaf College Northfield, MN	62 55–65	$56,238/yr	Very High	2.6x
281	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	62 55–65	$55,974/yr	Very High	2.3x
282	Boston University Boston, MA	62 54–65	$55,733/yr	Very High	2.4x
283	University of Dallas Irving, TX	62 56–63	$55,732/yr	Very High	1.9x
284	Denison University Granville, OH	62 54–64	$55,087/yr	Very High	2.3x
285	Fordham University Bronx, NY	62 54–66	$55,020/yr	Very High	2.6x
286	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	62 55–65	$54,462/yr	Very High	2.7x
287	Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL	62 55–64	$53,529/yr	Very High	2.4x
288	Saint Norbert College De Pere, WI	62 56–64	$53,350/yr	Very High	2.0x
289	Stonehill College Easton, MA	62 55–66	$53,303/yr	Very High	2.8x
290	North Central College Naperville, IL	62 56–63	$52,728/yr	Very High	2.0x
291	Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter, MN	62 54–66	$52,439/yr	Very High	3.2x
292	Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA	62 54–65	$52,155/yr	Very High	2.7x
293	Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN	62 55–66	$51,815/yr	Very High	3.0x
294	Centre College Danville, KY	62 54–66	$51,077/yr	Very High	3.2x
295	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	62 56–64	$41,910/yr	Very High	5.3x
296	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	62 54–68	$38,580/yr	Very High	10.1x
297	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	62 55–65	$37,798/yr	Very High	9.3x
298	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	62 53–68	$37,149/yr	Very High	10.8x
299	University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville, NC	62 51–68	$28,301/yr	Very High	17.2x
300	Furman University Greenville, SC	61 55–63	$55,615/yr	Very High	1.4x
301	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	61 54–64	$54,267/yr	Very High	2.1x
302	Moravian University Bethlehem, PA	61 55–63	$53,999/yr	Very High	1.6x
303	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	61 54–65	$53,990/yr	Very High	2.5x
304	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	61 54–65	$53,206/yr	Very High	2.6x
305	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	61 53–63	$53,148/yr	Very High	2.1x
306	Ursinus College Collegeville, PA	61 54–64	$52,496/yr	Very High	2.3x
307	Bryant University Smithfield, RI	61 54–62	$52,020/yr	Very High	1.5x
308	Allegheny College Meadville, PA	61 54–63	$51,722/yr	Very High	2.2x
309	Emmanuel College Boston, MA	61 55–63	$51,698/yr	Very High	1.8x
310	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	61 54–64	$51,464/yr	Very High	2.7x
311	Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA	61 54–65	$51,183/yr	Very High	2.7x
312	Washington College Chestertown, MD	61 53–65	$50,835/yr	Very High	2.8x
313	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	61 55–63	$39,375/yr	Very High	5.7x
314	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	61 52–66	$35,041/yr	Very High	11.0x
315	Reed College Portland, OR	60 53–62	$53,110/yr	Very High	1.0x
316	Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	60 53–63	$52,801/yr	Very High	1.8x
317	Saint Michael's College Colchester, VT	60 52–63	$47,211/yr	Very High	2.6x
318	Hanover College Hanover, IN	60 52–63	$45,740/yr	Very High	3.0x
319	Augsburg University Minneapolis, MN	60 52–65	$45,720/yr	Very High	3.6x
320	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	60 51–65	$45,301/yr	Very High	3.9x
321	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	60 52–63	$38,452/yr	Very High	6.9x
322	Albion College Albion, MI	59 52–61	$48,756/yr	Very High	1.8x
323	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	59 53–60	$48,340/yr	Very High	1.3x
324	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA	59 52–61	$48,153/yr	Very High	1.9x
325	Monmouth College Monmouth, IL	59 53–61	$47,048/yr	Very High	1.7x
326	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	59 51–64	$46,832/yr	Very High	2.8x
327	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	59 52–63	$46,400/yr	Very High	2.9x
328	Willamette University Salem, OR	59 52–63	$45,993/yr	Very High	2.8x
329	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	59 50–64	$44,845/yr	Very High	3.4x
330	Morehouse College Atlanta, GA	59 51–64	$40,726/yr	Very High	5.5x
331	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	58 52–61	$49,576/yr	Very High	1.4x
332	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	58 50–61	$46,791/yr	Very High	2.0x
333	Goucher College Baltimore, MD	58 52–60	$46,774/yr	Very High	1.3x
334	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	58 50–63	$46,386/yr	Very High	2.4x
335	Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI	58 51–59	$43,746/yr	Very High	2.1x
336	Hendrix College Conway, AR	58 49–62	$40,445/yr	Very High	3.8x
337	Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA	56 50–58	$43,806/yr	Very High	1.1x
338	Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA	56 50–58	$41,502/yr	Very High	1.7x
339	Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC	56 50–56	$25,653/yr	Very High	8.5x
340	Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI	55 48–57	$42,508/yr	Very High	0.8x
341	Coe College Cedar Rapids, IA	55 49–57	$42,311/yr	Very High	1.0x
342	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	55 48–58	$42,129/yr	Very High	1.8x
343	DePaul University Chicago, IL	54 45–59	$37,151/yr	Very High	3.3x
344	Carthage College Kenosha, WI	52 46–54	$36,493/yr	Very High	1.5x
345	Rollins College Winter Park, FL	52 43–58	$36,115/yr	Very High	2.8x
346	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	52 46–54	$30,569/yr	Very High	3.9x
347	Drew University Madison, NJ	51 42–58	$33,639/yr	Very High	3.9x
348	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	50 43–54	$34,671/yr	Very High	2.3x
349	Clark University Worcester, MA	50 42–56	$34,023/yr	Very High	2.9x
350	Austin College Sherman, TX	50 42–55	$33,957/yr	Very High	2.7x
351	Knox College Galesburg, IL	42 34–49	$23,222/yr	Very High	2.1x

Highest Earning Economics Programs

Schools where Economics graduates earn the most in their first year after graduation.

School	1-Year Earnings	DW Score	AI Risk
Harvard University	$103,993/yr	72	Very High
Princeton University	$103,041/yr	71	Very High
Duke University	$98,649/yr	72	Very High
Stanford University	$98,104/yr	72	Very High
Dartmouth College	$94,675/yr	71	Very High
University of Chicago	$92,075/yr	71	Very High
Amherst College	$90,568/yr	71	Very High
Claremont McKenna College	$89,505/yr	71	Very High
University of Pennsylvania	$89,097/yr	71	Very High
Wellesley College	$86,367/yr	70	Very High

Best ROI for Economics

Schools with the highest earnings-to-tuition ratio for Economics.

School	ROI Multiple	Earnings	DW Score
Brigham Young University	37.1x	$63,332/yr	85
Florida Atlantic University	34.0x	$48,632/yr	81
Florida State University	31.6x	$47,304/yr	80
University of Florida	30.2x	$42,349/yr	77
Sonoma State University	29.7x	$53,825/yr	82
California State University-Fullerton	29.4x	$39,993/yr	75
Florida International University	27.7x	$42,314/yr	77
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	25.9x	$65,344/yr	84
CUNY Hunter College	25.4x	$34,580/yr	70
Ohio University-Eastern Campus	25.2x	$46,655/yr	79

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Economics graduates earn?

Across 351 schools, Economics graduates earn an average of $53,967 per year in their first year after graduation. Earnings range from $23,222 to $103,993 depending on the school.

What is the AI automation risk for Economics?

Economics is rated "Very High" for AI automation risk, with an average of 59% of job tasks exposed to large language models and AI tools. This means most career tasks in this field could be augmented or replaced by AI over the next decade.

Which school has the best Economics program?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score (combining earnings, AI resilience, job market size, and ROI), University of California-Berkeley ranks #1 for Economics with a score of 85/100 and graduate earnings of $80,446/yr.

Is a Economics degree worth it?

On average, Economics graduates earn 10.1x their in-state tuition over 10 years. This is a strong return on investment.

About This Data

This page aggregates Economics programs across 351 schools using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034), and AI automation risk research from OpenAI and academic institutions.

The DegreeWorth Score (0–100) combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings, AI resilience, job market size, and return on investment. Each school's program page includes three AI scenarios (optimistic, base case, pessimistic) showing how automation could affect 10-year earnings.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.