Best Schools for Economics - Top Salaries

#1

M

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private

$110,878

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 4.7%

#2

P

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ · Private

$103,078

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $81,961

Graduates: 42

Acceptance: 4.5%

#3

D

Duke University

Durham, NC · Private

$90,856

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $94,699

Graduates: 130

Acceptance: 6.8%

#4

C

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA · Private

$87,754

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $95,566

Graduates: 39

Acceptance: 11.1%

#5

D

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH · Private

$87,604

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $85,069

Graduates: 121

Acceptance: 6.2%

#6

Y

Yale University

New Haven, CT · Private

$86,621

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $87,166

Graduates: 69

Acceptance: 4.5%

#7

U

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL · Private

$85,637

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $82,564

Graduates: 195

Acceptance: 4.8%

#8

S

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private

$85,391

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $60,475

Graduates: 25

Acceptance: 3.9%

#9

S

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA · Private

$81,702

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $56,029

Graduates: 41

Acceptance: 6.9%

#10

C

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private

$79,419

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $73,902

Graduates: 138

Acceptance: 4.2%

#11

H

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · Private

$78,971

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $89,515

Graduates: 98

Acceptance: 3.5%

#12

P

Pomona College

Claremont, CA · Private

$77,213

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $67,038

Graduates: 31

Acceptance: 6.8%

#13

U

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · Private

$77,087

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $72,198

Graduates: 92

Acceptance: 5.9%

#14

W

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA · Private

$76,460

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $70,781

Graduates: 87

Acceptance: 13.9%

#15

W

Williams College

Williamstown, MA · Private

$76,460

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $83,280

Graduates: 70

Acceptance: 10.0%

#16

M

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT · Private

$75,518

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $69,712

Graduates: 68

Acceptance: 10.4%

#17

J

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · Private

$75,047

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $69,157

Graduates: 72

Acceptance: 7.6%

#18

G

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private

$74,702

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $68,490

Graduates: 120

Acceptance: 13.1%

#19

A

Amherst College

Amherst, MA · Private

$74,576

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $78,775

Graduates: 35

Acceptance: 9.8%

#20

N

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · Private

$73,035

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $71,488

Graduates: 231

Acceptance: 7.1%

#21

R

Rice University

Houston, TX · Private

$72,884

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $87,989

Graduates: 40

Acceptance: 7.9%

#22

V

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · Private

$72,134

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $72,741

Graduates: 113

Acceptance: 6.3%

#23

T

Tufts University

Medford, MA · Private

$71,778

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $63,321

Graduates: 124

Acceptance: 10.1%

#24

B

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME · Private

$71,015

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $61,127

Graduates: 30

Acceptance: 8.0%

#25

B

Barnard College

New York, NY · Private

$70,456

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $65,217

Graduates: 56

Acceptance: 8.0%

#26

U

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

$70,379

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $71,330

Graduates: 302

Acceptance: 11.7%

#27

C

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private

$69,948

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $69,416

Graduates: 117

Acceptance: 8.2%

#28

U

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Private

$69,338

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $69,070

Graduates: 111

Acceptance: 12.4%

#29

B

Bates College

Lewiston, ME · Private

$69,338

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $55,768

Graduates: 53

Acceptance: 13.0%

#30

M

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, MO · Public

$69,338

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 73.1%

#31

C

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · Private

$69,338

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $78,188

Graduates: 40

Acceptance: 11.4%

#32

B

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA · Private

$69,069

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $64,785

Graduates: 296

Acceptance: 15.7%

#33

R

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · Private

$68,790

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 58.5%

#34

S

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA · Private

$68,379

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $62,432

Graduates: 67

Acceptance: 43.8%

#35

C

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY · Private

$67,995

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $72,196

Graduates: 44

Acceptance: 11.9%

#36

C

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA · Private

$66,519

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $61,612

Graduates: 108

Acceptance: 21.1%

#37

B

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA · Private

$66,401

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $55,105

Graduates: 76

Acceptance: 35.3%

#38

U

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA · Private

$65,821

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $57,385

Graduates: 34

Acceptance: 23.3%

#39

D

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA · Private

$65,387

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $58,175

Graduates: 52

Acceptance: 77.5%

#40

P

Providence College

Providence, RI · Private

$64,791

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $48,405

Graduates: 50

Acceptance: 48.7%

#41

M

Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN · Private

$64,493

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $47,163

Graduates: 46

Acceptance: 28.2%

#42

H

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY · Private

$63,501

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $56,571

Graduates: 63

Acceptance: 11.8%

#43

B

Brown University

Providence, RI · Private

$63,302

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $64,028

Graduates: 79

Acceptance: 5.2%

#44

E

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · Private

$62,632

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $55,058

Graduates: 89

Acceptance: 11.1%

#45

U

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA · Public

$62,409

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $62,202

Graduates: 109

Acceptance: 16.9%

#46

S

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX · Private

$62,012

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $50,628

Graduates: 61

Acceptance: 61.2%

#47

U

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

$61,829

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $62,024

Graduates: 337

Acceptance: 17.9%

#48

T

Trinity College

Hartford, CT · Private

$61,814

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $61,320

Graduates: 65

Acceptance: 33.5%

#49

I

Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington, IL · Private

$61,516

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 45.2%

#50

U

University of California-Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA · Public

$60,790

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $59,465

Graduates: 341

Acceptance: 27.8%