100 Best colleges for Economics in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Economics. A graph of 80.5M citations received by 2.9M academic papers made by 1,317 universities in the United States was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

For Economics

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Economics

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

3. Stanford University

For Economics

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Economics

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

5. Columbia University

For Economics

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

6. University of Pennsylvania

For Economics

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

7. University of Chicago

For Economics

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

8. University of Washington - Seattle

For Economics

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

9. New York University

For Economics

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

10. Cornell University

For Economics

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

11. Yale University

For Economics

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

12. University of California - Los Angeles

For Economics

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

13. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Economics

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

14. Johns Hopkins University

For Economics

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

15. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Economics

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

16. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Economics

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

17. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Economics

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

18. Pennsylvania State University

For Economics

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

19. Ohio State University

For Economics

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

20. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Economics

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

21. Princeton University

For Economics

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

22. Duke University

For Economics

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

23. University of Texas at Austin

For Economics

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

24. University of Southern California

For Economics

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

25. Michigan State University

For Economics

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

26. University of Maryland - College Park

For Economics

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

27. University of California-San Diego

For Economics

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

28. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Economics

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

29. Northwestern University

For Economics

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

30. University of Florida

For Economics

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

31. Boston University

For Economics

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

32. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Economics

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

33. Carnegie Mellon University

For Economics

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

34. University of California - Davis

For Economics

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

35. University of Pittsburgh

For Economics

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

36. University of California - San Francisco

For Economics

#56 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

37. University of Virginia

For Economics

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

38. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Economics

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

39. University of Arizona

For Economics

#63 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

40. Washington University in St Louis

For Economics

#69 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

41. University of Rochester

For Economics

#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

42. Emory University

For Economics

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

43. Iowa State University

For Economics

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

44. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Economics

#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

45. George Washington University

For Economics

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

46. Vanderbilt University

For Economics

#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

47. University of Iowa

For Economics

#81 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

48. University of California - Irvine

For Economics

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

49. Georgetown University

For Economics

#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

50. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Economics

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

51. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Economics

#99 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

52. University of Utah

For Economics

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

53. University of Georgia

For Economics

#107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

54. Purdue University

For Economics

#110 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

55. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Economics

#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

56. Boston College

For Economics

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,559

57. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Economics

#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

58. Florida State University

For Economics

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

59. University of Colorado Boulder

For Economics

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

60. Georgia State University

For Economics

#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
95%

61. Brown University

For Economics

#127 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

62. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Economics

#128 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
98%

63. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Economics

#129 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

64. George Mason University

For Economics

#132 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

65. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Economics

#133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

66. Dartmouth College

For Economics

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

67. University of Connecticut

For Economics

#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

68. University of Kentucky

For Economics

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

69. Providence College

For Economics

#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

70. Syracuse University

For Economics

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

71. Case Western Reserve University

For Economics

#149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

72. Temple University

For Economics

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,575
Enrollment
33,196

73. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Economics

#154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
91%

74. University of Notre Dame

For Economics

#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

75. University of Miami

For Economics

#159 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

76. University at Buffalo

For Economics

#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

77. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Economics

#170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

78. University of Kansas

For Economics

#171 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

79. Tufts University

For Economics

#172 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

80. California Institute of Technology

For Economics

#175 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

81. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Economics

#185 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

82. University of Houston

For Economics

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

83. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Economics

#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

84. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Economics

#193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

85. University of South Florida

For Economics

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

86. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Economics

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1374
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,521

87. University of Alabama

For Economics

#208 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
87%

88. Wayne State University

For Economics

#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

89. American University in Washington

For Economics

#216 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$41,369

90. University of Cincinnati

For Economics

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

91. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Economics

#219 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

92. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Economics

#222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$21,202
Enrollment
19,478

93. University of Delaware

For Economics

#225 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

94. University of Central Florida

For Economics

#226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

95. Tulane University of Louisiana

For Economics

#235 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$50,263

96. California University of Pennsylvania

For Economics

#237 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$6,250
Enrollment
6,885

97. Texas Tech University

For Economics

#244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
88%

98. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Economics

#245 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

99. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Economics

#246 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

100. University of New Mexico

For Economics

#248 in the World
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,280

The best cities to study Economics in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Cambridge, Ann Arbor, Stanford, and Berkeley.