| Rank | School | Program | New Grad Median Pay | Early Career Pay | Sample Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claremont McKenna College | Economics | $95,566 | $91,488 | 39 |
| 2 | Duke University | Economics | $94,699 | $112,646 | 130 |
| 3 | Harvard University | Economics | $89,515 | $100,286 | 98 |
| 4 | Washington University in St Louis | Business/Managerial Economics | $88,712 | N/A | 18 |
| 5 | Rice University | Economics | $87,989 | $81,590 | 40 |
| 6 | Yale University | Economics | $87,166 | $91,001 | 69 |
| 7 | Dartmouth College | Economics | $85,069 | $98,252 | 121 |
| 8 | Williams College | Economics | $83,280 | $91,723 | 70 |
| 9 | University of Chicago | Economics | $82,564 | $96,012 | 195 |
| 10 | Princeton University | Economics | $81,961 | N/A | 42 |
| 11 | Amherst College | Economics | $78,775 | $94,870 | 35 |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | Economics | $78,188 | $85,635 | 40 |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | Economics | $73,902 | $87,202 | 138 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | Economics | $72,741 | $88,705 | 113 |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | Economics | $72,198 | $94,172 | 92 |
| 16 | Colgate University | Economics | $72,196 | $86,742 | 44 |
| 17 | Northwestern University | Economics | $71,488 | $85,909 | 231 |
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley | Economics | $71,330 | $87,328 | 302 |
| 19 | Wellesley College | Economics | $70,781 | $80,094 | 87 |
| 20 | Villanova University | Business/Managerial Economics | $70,687 | $106,587 | 40 |
| 21 | Middlebury College | Economics | $69,712 | $98,106 | 68 |
| 22 | Cornell University | Economics | $69,416 | $83,282 | 117 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins University | Economics | $69,157 | $93,824 | 72 |
| 24 | University of Notre Dame | Economics | $69,070 | $85,821 | 111 |
| 25 | Georgetown University | Economics | $68,490 | $81,913 | 120 |
| 26 | Pomona College | Economics | $67,038 | N/A | 31 |
| 27 | University of California-Los Angeles | Business/Managerial Economics | $65,881 | $81,177 | 101 |
| 28 | Barnard College | Economics | $65,217 | $87,791 | 56 |
| 29 | Boston College | Economics | $64,785 | $77,978 | 296 |
| 30 | Vassar College | Economics | $64,665 | $66,026 | 50 |
| 31 | Morehouse College | Economics | $64,324 | $69,016 | 26 |
| 32 | Brown University | Economics | $64,028 | $78,949 | 79 |
| 33 | Lafayette College | Economics | $63,927 | $72,455 | 59 |
| 34 | University of Rochester | Economics | $63,873 | $73,661 | 77 |
| 35 | Brigham Young University | Business/Managerial Economics | $63,484 | $83,356 | 31 |
| 36 | Tufts University | Economics | $63,321 | $83,710 | 124 |
| 37 | Santa Clara University | Economics | $62,432 | $84,356 | 67 |
| 38 | Wheaton College | Economics | $62,269 | N/A | 32 |
| 39 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | Economics | $62,202 | $71,811 | 109 |
| 40 | University of San Francisco | Economics | $62,161 | N/A | 19 |
| 41 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Economics | $62,024 | $74,685 | 337 |
| 42 | College of the Holy Cross | Economics | $61,612 | $81,782 | 108 |
| 43 | Washington University in St Louis | Economics | $61,591 | N/A | 28 |
| 44 | Lehigh University | Business/Managerial Economics | $61,418 | $87,192 | 28 |
| 45 | Trinity College | Economics | $61,320 | N/A | 65 |
| 46 | Marist College | Economics | $61,215 | N/A | 25 |
| 47 | Bowdoin College | Economics | $61,127 | $77,719 | 30 |
| 48 | Bucknell University | Economics | $61,041 | $63,698 | 96 |
| 49 | Haverford College | Economics | $60,876 | N/A | 23 |
| 50 | New York University | Economics | $60,699 | $73,022 | 227 |
| 51 | Stanford University | Economics | $60,475 | $104,592 | 25 |
| 52 | Villanova University | Economics | $60,373 | $75,941 | 110 |
| 53 | University of Miami | Business/Managerial Economics | $60,274 | N/A | 32 |
| 54 | Metropolitan State University | Economics | $60,194 | N/A | 16 |
| 55 | Carleton College | Economics | $60,032 | $66,207 | 23 |
| 56 | The College of New Jersey | Economics | $59,803 | N/A | 16 |
| 57 | University of California-Santa Barbara | Economics | $59,465 | $73,844 | 341 |
| 58 | Case Western Reserve University | Economics | $58,938 | $58,530 | 22 |
| 59 | Lake Forest College | Economics | $58,782 | N/A | 24 |
| 60 | Miami University-Oxford | Business/Managerial Economics | $58,704 | $65,135 | 38 |
| 61 | DePauw University | Economics | $58,544 | $70,531 | 63 |
| 62 | Colby College | Economics | $58,540 | $83,980 | 34 |
| 63 | Drexel University | Economics | $58,175 | $70,433 | 52 |
| 64 | Bentley University | Business/Managerial Economics | $58,138 | $69,502 | 39 |
| 65 | Oberlin College | Economics | $57,721 | $56,067 | 30 |
| 66 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | Economics | $57,689 | $68,735 | 70 |
| 67 | Brigham Young University | Economics | $57,448 | $72,747 | 110 |
| 68 | University of Richmond | Economics | $57,385 | $83,877 | 34 |
| 69 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Economics | $57,311 | $66,687 | 393 |
| 70 | Wake Forest University | Economics | $57,100 | $70,717 | 72 |
| 71 | George Washington University | Economics | $57,078 | $68,726 | 143 |
| 72 | Northeastern University | Economics | $56,668 | $73,998 | 131 |
| 73 | Grinnell College | Economics | $56,661 | $55,487 | 47 |
| 74 | Mount Holyoke College | Economics | $56,625 | N/A | 19 |
| 75 | Hamilton College | Economics | $56,571 | $84,359 | 63 |
| 76 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | Business/Managerial Economics | $56,544 | $64,128 | 92 |
| 77 | DePaul University | Business/Managerial Economics | $56,409 | $68,444 | 47 |
| 78 | St Olaf College | Economics | $56,177 | $61,505 | 72 |
| 79 | Swarthmore College | Economics | $56,029 | $88,391 | 41 |
| 80 | Miami University-Oxford | Economics | $55,827 | $69,323 | 53 |
| 81 | Bates College | Economics | $55,768 | $73,497 | 53 |
| 82 | Ashford University | Business/Managerial Economics | $55,719 | $60,293 | 30 |
| 83 | George Mason University | Economics | $55,517 | $60,026 | 121 |
| 84 | Loyola University Maryland | Economics | $55,386 | N/A | 19 |
| 85 | Chapman University | Business/Managerial Economics | $55,212 | $63,007 | 36 |
| 86 | Brandeis University | Economics | $55,105 | $70,790 | 76 |
| 87 | Emory University | Economics | $55,058 | $69,562 | 89 |
| 88 | Texas Christian University | Economics | $55,051 | $54,222 | 73 |
| 89 | University of San Diego | Economics | $55,050 | $55,016 | 17 |
| 90 | William & Mary | Economics | $54,979 | $57,485 | 83 |
| 91 | University of Southern California | Economics | $54,837 | $62,868 | 114 |
| 92 | Marquette University | Business/Managerial Economics | $54,582 | $66,905 | 26 |
| 93 | Saint Mary’s College of California | Economics | $54,519 | $60,193 | 18 |
| 94 | University of Northern Iowa | Economics | $54,358 | $52,540 | 22 |
| 95 | Connecticut College | Economics | $54,308 | $66,698 | 58 |
| 96 | University of Dayton | Business/Managerial Economics | $54,059 | $66,263 | 48 |
| 97 | Seattle University | Economics | $53,959 | $67,280 | 17 |
| 98 | Fairfield University | Economics | $53,920 | $71,880 | 16 |
| 99 | St Catherine University | Economics | $53,731 | N/A | 24 |
| 100 | Denison University | Economics | $53,668 | $60,027 | 57 |
| 101 | Boston University | Economics | $53,654 | $67,968 | 122 |
| 102 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | Business/Managerial Economics | $53,396 | $58,904 | 44 |
| 103 | James Madison University | Economics | $53,331 | $69,797 | 55 |
| 104 | University of Delaware | Economics | $53,288 | $62,275 | 150 |
| 105 | Gustavus Adolphus College | Economics | $53,254 | $60,313 | 41 |
| 106 | Stonehill College | Economics | $53,194 | $65,790 | 28 |
| 107 | Linfield University-McMinnville Campus | Economics | $52,744 | N/A | 17 |
| 108 | University of California-Los Angeles | Economics | $52,741 | $66,989 | 399 |
| 109 | Gettysburg College | Economics | $52,365 | $78,068 | 65 |
| 110 | Ithaca College | Economics | $52,233 | $54,267 | 17 |
| 111 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | Business/Managerial Economics | $52,227 | $62,462 | 85 |
| 112 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | Economics | $51,971 | $50,717 | 27 |
| 113 | Pepperdine University | Economics | $51,799 | $58,854 | 30 |
| 114 | Purdue University-Main Campus | Economics | $51,724 | $56,913 | 53 |
| 115 | Washington and Lee University | Economics | $51,643 | $68,713 | 32 |
| 116 | University of San Diego | Business/Managerial Economics | $51,619 | N/A | 18 |
| 117 | Arkansas Tech University | Business/Managerial Economics | $51,554 | N/A | 22 |
| 118 | Susquehanna University | Economics | $51,513 | N/A | 17 |
| 119 | Loyola University Chicago | Business/Managerial Economics | $51,505 | $60,046 | 67 |
| 120 | Kean University | Economics | $51,377 | $32,372 | 20 |
| 121 | Hampden-Sydney College | Business/Managerial Economics | $51,328 | $63,023 | 75 |
| 122 | University of Georgia | Business/Managerial Economics | $51,322 | $63,773 | 67 |
| 123 | North Central College | Economics | $51,272 | N/A | 53 |
| 124 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Economics | $51,271 | $56,966 | 40 |
| 125 | Southern New Hampshire University | Economics | $51,193 | $68,398 | 31 |
| 126 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Economics | $51,116 | $62,867 | 46 |
| 127 | Kenyon College | Economics | $50,959 | $69,651 | 37 |
| 128 | Indiana University-Bloomington | Economics | $50,663 | $66,372 | 78 |
| 129 | Southern Methodist University | Economics | $50,628 | $71,965 | 61 |
| 130 | Seattle University | Business/Managerial Economics | $50,594 | $71,065 | 19 |
| 131 | The University of the South | Economics | $50,532 | $63,733 | 40 |
| 132 | Union College | Economics | $50,348 | $74,456 | 65 |
| 132 | Union College | Economics | $50,348 | $74,456 | 65 |
| 132 | Union College | Economics | $50,348 | $74,456 | 65 |
| 135 | Wabash College | Economics | $50,346 | $58,138 | 39 |
| 136 | Assumption University | Economics | $50,332 | N/A | 22 |
| 137 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Economics | $50,320 | $63,769 | 270 |
| 138 | The University of Texas at Austin | Economics | $50,245 | $67,635 | 367 |
| 139 | Keene State College | Economics | $50,128 | $45,814 | 16 |
| 140 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Business/Managerial Economics | $50,087 | $51,434 | 50 |
| 141 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Economics | $50,008 | $63,249 | 304 |
| 142 | Loyola Marymount University | Economics | $50,000 | $58,459 | 49 |
| 143 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | Economics | $49,967 | $49,555 | 24 |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | Economics | $49,898 | $60,662 | 367 |
| 145 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | Economics | $49,766 | N/A | 23 |
| 146 | Rutgers University-Newark | Economics | $49,765 | $62,119 | 493 |
| 147 | University of Mary Washington | Economics | $49,719 | $52,961 | 19 |
| 148 | Utah State University | Economics | $49,648 | $57,959 | 108 |
| 149 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Economics | $49,591 | $59,247 | 74 |
| 150 | Skidmore College | Economics | $49,572 | $67,188 | 28 |
