Economics: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of economics graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 341 colleges. National median: $58,734, rising to $80,429 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$154,591	—	—
2	Duke University	NC	$124,433	$161,149	$13,000
3	Harvard University	MA	$120,683	$155,592	$14,000
4	Dartmouth College	NH	$115,308	$152,929	$14,833
5	Amherst College	MA	$109,806	$141,730	$19,500
6	Brown University	RI	$108,964	$124,508	$12,000
7	Yale University	CT	$108,619	$142,936	$15,000
8	Stanford University	CA	$108,498	$112,700	—
9	Princeton University	NJ	$108,471	$160,763	—
10	Williams College	MA	$105,744	$166,678	$9,750
11	Pomona College	CA	$101,681	$96,702	—
12	Claremont McKenna College	CA	$99,125	$146,524	$11,750
13	University of Chicago	IL	$98,564	$159,578	$12,500
14	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$98,098	$144,886	$19,000
15	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$97,674	$137,710	$19,698
16	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$97,624	$129,985	$12,000
17	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$96,806	$128,882	$15,000
18	Northwestern University	IL	$96,688	$126,006	$16,500
19	Washington and Lee University	VA	$94,764	$115,837	$19,500
20	Colgate University	NY	$93,136	$128,887	$14,750
21	Middlebury College	VT	$92,382	$123,477	$19,500
22	Hamilton College	NY	$91,817	$130,633	$15,000
23	Vanderbilt University	TN	$90,777	$140,337	$13,875
24	Barnard College	NY	$90,710	$111,909	$15,500
25	Cornell University	NY	$90,181	$137,935	$12,500
26	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$88,608	$135,050	$11,337
27	Swarthmore College	PA	$87,244	$128,051	$12,000
28	Rice University	TX	$86,485	$129,575	$15,000
29	Tufts University	MA	$86,483	$123,809	$16,250
30	Georgetown University	DC	$85,753	$118,999	$15,500
31	University of Notre Dame	IN	$84,700	$122,637	$19,000
32	Colby College	ME	$84,044	$103,491	$21,500
33	Bowdoin College	ME	$83,500	$121,983	$18,925
34	Emory University	GA	$83,023	$111,631	$12,000
35	Vassar College	NY	$82,527	$102,584	$18,798
36	Morehouse College	GA	$79,986	$84,816	$21,470
37	University of Rochester	NY	$79,646	$109,324	$19,000
38	Wellesley College	MA	$79,471	$121,787	$8,095
39	Boston College	MA	$79,225	$121,337	$16,250
40	New York University	NY	$79,212	$116,510	$17,125
41	Northeastern University Oakland	CA	$78,831	$101,423	$20,849
42	Northeastern University	MA	$78,831	$101,423	$20,849
43	Northeastern University Professional Programs	MA	$78,831	$101,423	$20,849
44	Villanova University	PA	$78,607	$100,288	$23,250
45	Trinity College	CT	$78,300	$122,068	$25,000
46	Connecticut College	CT	$78,297	$107,283	$27,000
47	Drexel University	PA	$77,900	$98,178	$27,000
48	Bucknell University	PA	$77,602	$108,422	$23,250
49	Wake Forest University	NC	$77,516	$98,209	$19,500
50	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$77,018	$98,927	$12,000
51	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$77,018	$110,773	$16,125
52	University of Richmond	VA	$76,662	$100,608	$24,286
53	Spelman College	GA	$75,961	$79,456	—
54	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$75,829	$114,601	$23,695
55	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$75,702	$102,439	$20,000
56	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$75,524	$118,131	$23,000
57	Lafayette College	PA	$75,329	$112,864	$16,125
58	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$75,235	$110,552	$19,500
59	Bates College	ME	$74,917	$110,880	$13,861
60	Grinnell College	IA	$74,615	$110,724	$11,700
61	Hobart William Smith Colleges	NY	$74,215	$111,833	$27,000
62	Marist University	NY	$73,803	$118,557	—
63	Carleton College	MN	$73,688	$87,193	—
64	Fordham University	NY	$73,583	$94,170	$19,531
65	Dickinson College	PA	$73,164	$78,378	$22,625
66	University of Southern California	CA	$72,737	$94,435	$19,500
67	Union College	NY	$72,215	$99,783	$27,000
68	Brandeis University	MA	$71,881	$95,872	$17,500
69	University of San Francisco	CA	$71,655	$93,712	—
70	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$71,426	$95,440	$13,000
71	Santa Clara University	CA	$71,361	$121,307	$17,000
72	Davidson College	NC	$71,295	—	—
73	University of San Diego	CA	$70,897	$82,600	$19,250
74	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$70,608	$98,178	$11,528
75	Macalester College	MN	$70,570	$85,593	$22,501
76	Brigham Young University	UT	$70,421	$95,227	$10,000
77	Smith College	MA	$70,191	$88,067	$13,500
78	Providence College	RI	$70,081	$95,590	$27,000
79	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$69,762	$103,846	$13,000
80	George Washington University	DC	$69,696	$99,406	$17,500
81	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$69,514	$87,239	$14,246
82	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$69,514	$87,239	$14,246
83	DePauw University	IN	$69,492	$94,761	$26,000
84	Kenyon College	OH	$68,976	$103,791	$19,000
85	Franklin and Marshall College	PA	$68,902	$90,368	$21,250
86	Gustavus Adolphus College	MN	$68,753	$91,252	$26,972
87	Fairfield University	CT	$68,745	$120,303	$26,000
88	Mount Holyoke College	MA	$67,859	—	—
89	Canisius University	NY	$67,580	$65,757	$22,507
90	Oberlin College	OH	$67,482	$87,120	$23,250
91	The Catholic University of America	DC	$67,423	$91,962	—
92	Gettysburg College	PA	$67,349	$94,295	$24,153
93	University of St Thomas	MN	$67,246	$89,881	$21,500
94	Utah State University	UT	$67,013	$85,136	$13,000
95	Lake Forest College	IL	$66,473	$90,802	—
96	Loyola Marymount University	CA	$66,292	$88,682	$16,500
97	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$65,929	$83,880	$15,000
98	St Olaf College	MN	$65,928	$84,559	$25,000
99	North Central College	IL	$65,527	$80,494	$23,250
100	Loyola University Maryland	MD	$65,342	—	—
101	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$65,124	$89,354	$17,500
102	Pace University	NY	$65,028	$82,118	$20,475
103	John Carroll University	OH	$65,004	$91,386	$23,250
104	St Lawrence University	NY	$64,957	$96,345	$26,498
105	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$64,873	$86,860	$16,625
106	Wheaton College	IL	$64,841	$84,829	$27,000
107	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$64,840	$90,742	$20,500
108	Assumption University	MA	$64,626	$90,662	—
109	Clark University	MA	$64,436	$91,094	$27,000
110	Wabash College	IN	$64,188	$87,372	—
111	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$64,151	$99,653	$19,500
112	The University of Alabama	AL	$64,124	—	$23,000
113	Elon University	NC	$64,049	$112,303	$17,500
114	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$64,027	$86,120	$18,968
115	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$64,027	$86,120	$18,968
116	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$64,027	$86,120	$18,968
117	Boston University	MA	$63,688	$96,723	$18,500
118	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$63,382	$71,821	$14,278
119	University of Utah	UT	$63,161	$84,146	$17,469
120	University of Delaware	DE	$63,143	$95,318	$25,830
121	Syracuse University	NY	$63,076	$83,649	$20,600
122	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$63,012	$82,488	$18,642
123	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	WI	$62,941	$79,267	—
124	Texas Christian University	TX	$62,769	$89,466	$20,500
125	Denison University	OH	$62,682	$97,394	$26,756
126	Moravian University	PA	$62,648	$74,527	$27,000
127	William & Mary	VA	$62,576	$105,467	$20,059
128	Lebanon Valley College	PA	$62,429	$93,878	—
129	Southern Methodist University	TX	$62,429	$91,701	$18,500
130	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$62,321	$83,195	$17,826
131	Southern Utah University	UT	$61,950	$95,703	—
132	Texas State University	TX	$61,872	$71,739	$21,000
133	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$61,777	$78,485	$16,813
134	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$61,777	$78,485	$16,813
135	Temple University	PA	$61,624	$73,154	$26,150
136	Whitman College	WA	$61,469	$88,393	$13,000
137	Olivet Nazarene University	IL	$61,267	$68,935	$25,000
138	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$61,259	$84,460	$27,000
139	University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	$61,126	$64,476	—
140	University of Michigan-Dearborn	MI	$60,950	$69,884	—
141	Whitworth University	WA	$60,816	—	$20,500
142	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$60,752	$81,562	$15,000
143	Siena University	NY	$60,684	$90,802	$26,000
144	James Madison University	VA	$60,641	$86,681	$16,500
145	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	MA	$60,536	$92,125	—
146	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	$60,469	$81,228	$21,500
147	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	PA	$60,469	$81,228	$21,500
148	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$60,469	$81,228	$21,500
149	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	PA	$60,469	$81,228	$21,500
150	College of Charleston	SC	$60,428	—	—
151	University of Arkansas	AR	$60,414	$88,367	—
152	The University of the South	TN	$60,287	$87,762	$19,189
153	Iowa State University	IA	$60,188	$75,355	$19,694
154	Appalachian State University	NC	$60,061	$67,285	—
155	Eastern Michigan University	MI	$60,045	$86,909	—
156	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$60,005	$73,319	$17,715
157	Ursinus College	PA	$59,946	$75,573	$27,000
158	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	$59,944	$79,729	$15,000
159	University of Northern Iowa	IA	$59,725	$71,905	—
160	DePaul University	IL	$59,676	$100,185	$21,500
161	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$59,669	$68,036	—
162	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$59,662	$92,653	$19,598
163	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	$59,472	$71,768	$19,250
164	American University	DC	$59,345	$85,016	$19,500
165	Trinity University	TX	$59,310	—	$12,968
166	Hampden-Sydney College	VA	$59,150	$68,795	$26,000
167	Washington College	MD	$59,143	$75,674	—
168	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$58,965	$67,902	$19,297
169	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$58,800	$92,325	$19,500
170	Illinois State University	IL	$58,742	$80,529	$13,835
171	Howard University	DC	$58,734	$63,972	$26,000
172	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$58,707	$75,443	$20,331
173	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$58,619	$85,366	$18,250
174	Kent State University at Kent	OH	$58,550	—	$20,500
175	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$58,502	$76,822	$21,381
176	Christopher Newport University	VA	$58,485	$75,365	$20,500
177	University of Pittsburgh-Bradford	PA	$58,306	$76,549	$24,188
178	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	PA	$58,306	$76,549	$24,188
179	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$58,306	$76,549	$24,188
180	University of Arizona	AZ	$58,277	$83,267	$16,400
181	University of Connecticut	CT	$58,268	$81,881	$18,500
182	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$58,268	$81,881	$18,500
183	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$58,268	$81,881	$18,500
184	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$58,268	$81,881	$18,500
185	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$58,268	$81,881	$18,500
186	Colorado College	CO	$58,227	$122,998	$15,030
187	University of Georgia	GA	$58,216	$82,438	$13,000
188	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$58,181	$75,479	$15,000
189	Saint Norbert College	WI	$58,086	$66,621	—
190	Oregon State University	OR	$58,043	$70,436	$15,000
191	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$58,043	$70,436	$15,000
192	Central Washington University	WA	$58,023	$88,799	—
193	University of Mary Washington	VA	$57,873	$67,903	—
194	William Paterson University of New Jersey	NJ	$57,866	$70,705	$17,354
195	Northern Illinois University	IL	$57,726	$66,760	$17,000
196	Washington State University	WA	$57,494	$70,215	$22,750
197	Creighton University	NE	$57,455	$75,602	$27,000
198	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$57,449	$72,119	$15,000
199	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$57,329	$71,385	—
200	Michigan State University	MI	$57,194	$79,428	$18,750
201	University of Maine	ME	$57,178	$65,097	$14,875
202	University of Kansas	KS	$57,100	$69,084	$18,500
203	University of Iowa	IA	$56,898	$76,746	$21,500
204	George Mason University	VA	$56,896	$87,548	$15,000
205	Washington & Jefferson College	PA	$56,858	$72,305	—
206	Portland State University	OR	$56,793	$75,482	$16,999
207	University of California-San Diego	CA	$56,525	$87,307	$13,599
208	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$56,437	$75,485	$19,000
209	Augsburg University	MN	$56,329	$88,507	—
210	Texas Tech University	TX	$56,222	$68,973	$23,250
211	Clemson University	SC	$56,205	$79,468	$18,215
212	California State University-San Marcos	CA	$56,089	$83,339	$17,000
213	Auburn University	AL	$56,018	$72,617	—
214	Centre College	KY	$55,951	$75,885	$26,094
215	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	$55,840	$86,764	—
216	Rollins College	FL	$55,824	$68,194	—
217	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	$55,792	$83,354	$12,622
218	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$55,556	$80,907	—
219	Marquette University	WI	$55,512	$82,722	$23,093
220	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$55,505	$69,934	$19,750
221	Ball State University	IN	$55,486	—	$18,761
222	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$55,297	$80,434	$21,000
223	California State University-East Bay	CA	$55,251	$67,155	—
224	Binghamton University	NY	$55,220	$81,040	$17,414
225	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$55,174	$79,957	$19,500
226	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	$55,063	$74,844	—
227	University of Rhode Island	RI	$55,060	$77,225	$23,250
228	University of Central Florida	FL	$55,023	$76,360	$16,114
229	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$55,008	$70,552	$19,250
230	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$55,003	—	—
231	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$54,627	$69,920	$10,166
232	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia	PA	$54,411	$87,943	$27,000
233	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$54,396	$75,784	$18,625
234	University of Florida	FL	$54,218	$89,075	$11,250
235	University of Northern Colorado	CO	$54,089	$65,025	$21,500
236	SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	$54,071	$84,529	$19,500
237	State University of New York at Oswego	NY	$53,938	$87,667	—
238	Stonehill College	MA	$53,816	$88,479	—
239	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$53,729	$77,536	$17,500
240	University of Miami	FL	$53,657	$92,998	$15,250
241	Florida International University	FL	$53,539	$70,022	$16,325
242	CUNY City College	NY	$53,488	$67,679	$12,500
243	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	PA	$53,447	$65,946	—
244	University of Houston	TX	$53,160	$78,204	$18,065
245	Towson University	MD	$53,112	$76,509	$17,952
246	CUNY Queens College	NY	$53,003	$65,049	$8,875
247	Bridgewater State University	MA	$52,841	$70,473	$19,500
248	Stony Brook University	NY	$52,822	$74,965	$19,169
249	University of Oregon	OR	$52,722	$75,695	$15,277
250	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$52,618	$74,661	$13,793
251	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$52,535	$76,382	$14,500
252	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$52,439	—	$19,625
253	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$52,414	$69,792	—
254	Seton Hall University	NJ	$52,327	$72,304	$16,435
255	Western Kentucky University	KY	$52,320	$68,051	—
256	St. Mary's College of Maryland	MD	$52,310	$71,252	$20,000
257	University of South Florida	FL	$52,244	$67,007	$17,519
258	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	WI	$52,084	—	—
259	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$51,938	$64,454	$25,000
260	Westfield State University	MA	$51,912	$72,539	$23,000
261	San Francisco State University	CA	$51,760	$82,697	$18,750
262	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$51,625	$82,244	—
263	CUNY York College	NY	$51,615	$56,571	—
264	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$51,587	$71,595	$14,594
265	Pacific Lutheran University	WA	$51,484	—	—
266	Hendrix College	AR	$51,353	$77,167	$22,375
267	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$51,291	$74,056	$13,000
268	University of California-Davis	CA	$51,106	$83,248	$10,500
269	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	$51,095	—	—
270	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$51,027	$50,863	—
271	University of Vermont	VT	$50,955	$69,416	$15,000
272	University of North Texas	TX	$50,735	$66,040	$18,750
273	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$50,629	$67,536	—
274	California State University-Chico	CA	$50,550	$67,675	—
275	Saint Johns University	MN	$50,525	$80,461	—
276	Kansas State University	KS	$50,396	$71,747	—
277	University of California-Irvine	CA	$50,385	$83,937	$11,253
278	Montana State University	MT	$50,311	$62,511	—
279	University of Southern Maine	ME	$50,211	$70,843	—
280	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$50,170	$54,998	—
281	Virginia Military Institute	VA	$49,926	$76,296	$24,375
282	Florida State University	FL	$49,887	$73,527	$14,750
283	San Diego State University	CA	$49,742	$74,123	$14,000
284	Allegheny College	PA	$49,731	$79,018	$27,000
285	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$49,696	$69,435	$14,750
286	Lycoming College	PA	$49,553	—	—
287	Monmouth College	IL	$49,351	$81,791	—
288	East Carolina University	NC	$49,276	$64,597	$15,250
289	SUNY at Purchase College	NY	$49,203	$63,207	—
290	University of Wyoming	WY	$49,168	—	—
291	Montclair State University	NJ	$48,981	$66,148	$19,015
292	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$48,922	$63,429	$14,000
293	Kalamazoo College	MI	$48,865	$72,170	—
294	California State University-Bakersfield	CA	$48,678	$78,029	—
295	Florida Southern College	FL	$48,657	—	—
296	Northeastern Illinois University	IL	$48,637	$58,252	—
297	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$48,632	$70,290	$15,500
298	Albion College	MI	$48,595	$66,048	—
299	Western Washington University	WA	$48,368	$64,123	$18,417
300	Pepperdine University	CA	$48,348	$104,943	$17,497

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do economics graduates earn?

The median college reports $58,734 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in economics and $80,429 four years after. The highest is $154,591 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

How much student debt do economics graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $18,968 at the typical college.