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Is Economics Worth It?

National view of Economics across 330 schools. Average ROI Score: 62/100.

Avg Debt
$25K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
$58K
Avg Year 5 Earnings
$78K
Best School
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Debt vs Earnings by School

Economics by School

SchoolStateMedian DebtYear 1 EarningsYear 5 EarningsROI GradeVerdict
University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$7K$58K$78KBBUY
Tulane University of LouisianaLA$10K$58K$78KBBUY
Berea CollegeKY$14K$58K$78KBBUY
University of RochesterNY$17K$58K$78KBBUY
Vassar CollegeNY$16K$58K$78KBBUY
Hamilton CollegeNY$18K$58K$78KBBUY
Scripps CollegeCA$18K$58K$78KBBUY
Wellesley CollegeMA$18K$58K$78KBBUY
Boston CollegeMA$19K$58K$78KBBUY
Cornell UniversityNY$19K$58K$78KBBUY
Georgetown UniversityDC$19K$58K$78KBBUY
North Central CollegeIL$19K$58K$78KBBUY
Pitzer CollegeCA$19K$58K$78KBBUY
University of California-San DiegoCA$19K$58K$78KBBUY
Brandeis UniversityMA$20K$58K$78KBBUY
Carleton CollegeMN$20K$58K$78KBBUY
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA$20K$58K$78KBBUY
Claremont McKenna CollegeCA$19K$58K$78KBBUY
Duke UniversityNC$20K$58K$78KBBUY
Lafayette CollegePA$20K$58K$78KBBUY
Tufts UniversityMA$20K$58K$78KBBUY
University of California-Santa BarbaraCA$20K$58K$78KBBUY
Wesleyan UniversityCT$20K$58K$78KBBUY
Bates CollegeME$21K$58K$78KBBUY
Colgate UniversityNY$21K$58K$78KBBUY
Haverford CollegePA$21K$58K$78KBBUY
Hobart William Smith CollegesNY$21K$58K$78KBBUY
Mount Holyoke CollegeMA$21K$58K$78KBBUY
University of California-DavisCA$21K$58K$78KBBUY
University of California-IrvineCA$22K$58K$78KBBUY
University of California-MercedCA$21K$58K$78KBBUY
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$22K$58K$78KBBUY
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNC$22K$58K$78KBBUY
Amherst CollegeMA$22K$58K$78KCBUY
Chatham UniversityPA$22K$58K$78KCBUY
College of Staten Island CUNYNY$22K$58K$78KCBUY
College of the Holy CrossMA$22K$58K$78KCBUY
CUNY Queens CollegeNY$22K$58K$78KCBUY
Florida State UniversityFL$22K$58K$78KCBUY
Grinnell CollegeIA$23K$58K$78KCBUY
University of California-BerkeleyCA$22K$58K$78KCBUY
University of California-RiversideCA$22K$58K$78KCBUY
University of California-Santa CruzCA$23K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI$23K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Minnesota-MorrisMN$22K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Notre DameIN$22K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Washington-Seattle CampusWA$22K$58K$78KCBUY
American UniversityDC$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Boston UniversityMA$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Brown UniversityRI$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Bryn Mawr CollegePA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Colorado CollegeCO$23K$58K$78KCBUY
CUNY City CollegeNY$23K$58K$78KCBUY
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNY$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Dartmouth CollegeNH$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Davidson CollegeNC$23K$58K$78KCBUY
DePauw UniversityIN$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Earlham CollegeIN$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Fort Lewis CollegeCO$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusGA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Heidelberg UniversityOH$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Hillsdale CollegeMI$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Kenyon CollegeOH$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Lawrence UniversityWI$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Macalester CollegeMN$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Middlebury CollegeVT$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Northeastern UniversityMA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Northwestern UniversityIL$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Pomona CollegeCA$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Princeton UniversityNJ$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Reed CollegeOR$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Rice UniversityTX$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Smith CollegeMA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Stanford UniversityCA$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Stony Brook UniversityNY$24K$58K$78KCBUY
The University of Texas at AustinTX$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Trinity UniversityTX$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Truman State UniversityMO$24K$58K$78KCBUY
United States Air Force AcademyCO$24K$58K$78KCBUY
United States Military AcademyNY$24K$58K$78KCBUY
United States Naval AcademyMD$24K$58K$78KCBUY
University of California-Los AngelesCA$23K$58K$78KCBUY
University of MiamiFL$24K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Virginia-Main CampusVA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Wisconsin-La CrosseWI$23K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Wisconsin-OshkoshWI$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Washington & Jefferson CollegePA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Washington and Lee UniversityVA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Westfield State UniversityMA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Whitman CollegeWA$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Willamette UniversityOR$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Williams CollegeMA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Worcester State UniversityMA$23K$58K$78KCBUY
Ave Maria UniversityFL$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Bowdoin CollegeME$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Canisius UniversityNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Case Western Reserve UniversityOH$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Catawba CollegeNC$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Centenary College of LouisianaLA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Christopher Newport UniversityVA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Colby CollegeME$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Colorado State University-Fort CollinsCO$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Connecticut CollegeCT$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Covenant CollegeGA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
CUNY Hunter CollegeNY$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Dickinson CollegePA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Drury UniversityMO$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Eckerd CollegeFL$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Elon UniversityNC$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Emory & Henry UniversityVA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Fordham UniversityNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Franklin and Marshall CollegePA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Gonzaga UniversityWA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Hampden-Sydney CollegeVA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Hendrix CollegeAR$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Houghton UniversityNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
John Carroll UniversityOH$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Kalamazoo CollegeMI$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Loyola Marymount UniversityCA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Loyola University MarylandMD$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Miami University-OxfordOH$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Montclair State UniversityNJ$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Northern Michigan UniversityMI$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Northwestern CollegeIA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Occidental CollegeCA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Ohio State University-Main CampusOH$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Principia CollegeIL$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Rhodes CollegeTN$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIN$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Santa Clara UniversityCA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Skidmore CollegeNY$24K$58K$78KCBUY
St Lawrence UniversityNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
St Olaf CollegeMN$25K$58K$78KCBUY
St. Mary's College of MarylandMD$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Stonehill CollegeMA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
SUNY College at GeneseoNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Swarthmore CollegePA$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Texas A & M University-College StationTX$24K$58K$78KCBUY
The University of AlabamaAL$25K$58K$78KCBUY
The University of the SouthTN$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Trinity CollegeCT$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Union CollegeNY$24K$58K$78KCBUY
University at BuffaloNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of ChicagoIL$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Colorado BoulderCO$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of DallasTX$24K$58K$78KCBUY
University of DelawareDE$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of DenverCO$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of FloridaFL$24K$58K$78KCBUY
University of MaineME$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Mary WashingtonVA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyMD$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMN$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Missouri-ColumbiaMO$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Puget SoundWA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of RichmondVA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of South DakotaSD$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Southern CaliforniaCA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of VermontVT$24K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Wisconsin-MadisonWI$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Vanderbilt UniversityTN$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Wake Forest UniversityNC$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Washington CollegeMD$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Washington University in St LouisMO$24K$58K$78KCBUY
William & MaryVA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Wofford CollegeSC$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Yale UniversityCT$24K$58K$78KCBUY
Yeshiva UniversityNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Allegheny CollegePA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Austin CollegeTX$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Belmont Abbey CollegeNC$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Beloit CollegeWI$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Binghamton UniversityNY$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Bryant UniversityRI$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Bucknell UniversityPA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Caldwell UniversityNJ$26K$58K$78KCBUY
California State University-San MarcosCA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Carthage CollegeWI$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Central CollegeIA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Centre CollegeKY$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Clark UniversityMA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Clemson UniversitySC$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Colorado School of MinesCO$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Creighton UniversityNE$26K$58K$78KCBUY
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Denison UniversityOH$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Drew UniversityNJ$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Emmanuel CollegeMA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Emory UniversityGA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Fairfield UniversityCT$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Fort Hays State UniversityKS$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Furman UniversitySC$25K$58K$78KCBUY
George Washington UniversityDC$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Gettysburg CollegePA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Goucher CollegeMD$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Guilford CollegeNC$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Gustavus Adolphus CollegeMN$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Hanover CollegeIN$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Hollins UniversityVA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Iona UniversityNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Knox CollegeIL$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Lewis & Clark CollegeOR$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Lycoming CollegePA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
McKendree UniversityIL$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Michigan State UniversityMI$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Muhlenberg CollegePA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
New York UniversityNY$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Northland CollegeWI$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Oberlin CollegeOH$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Ohio Wesleyan UniversityOH$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Olivet Nazarene UniversityIL$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Pace UniversityNY$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusPA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Pepperdine UniversityCA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Providence CollegeRI$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Ripon CollegeWI$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Sacred Heart UniversityCT$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Saint Johns UniversityMN$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Saint Joseph's UniversityPA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Saint Norbert CollegeWI$26K$58K$78KCBUY
San Diego State UniversityCA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
San Jose State UniversityCA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Siena CollegeNY$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Simpson CollegeIA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Southern Methodist UniversityTX$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Southwestern UniversityTX$26K$58K$78KCBUY
State University of New York at CortlandNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
SUNY Buffalo State UniversityNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Syracuse UniversityNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Texas Christian UniversityTX$26K$58K$78KCBUY
The New SchoolNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University at AlbanyNY$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of ArizonaAZ$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of ConnecticutCT$26K$58K$78KCBUY
University of HoustonTX$26K$58K$78KCBUY
University of IowaIA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Maryland-College ParkMD$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Massachusetts-AmherstMA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
University of New Hampshire-Main CampusNH$26K$58K$78KCBUY
University of OregonOR$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
University of San DiegoCA$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of St ThomasMN$25K$58K$78KCBUY
University of UtahUT$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Virginia Military InstituteVA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Wabash CollegeIN$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Wartburg CollegeIA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Westminster CollegePA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Wheaton CollegeIL$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)MA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Whittier CollegeCA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
William Jewell CollegeMO$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Wittenberg UniversityOH$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Agnes Scott CollegeGA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Albion CollegeMI$27K$58K$78KCBUY
American International CollegeMA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Augsburg UniversityMN$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Bellarmine UniversityKY$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Bentley UniversityMA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Birmingham-Southern CollegeAL$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Bridgewater CollegeVA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Brigham Young UniversityUT$24K$58K$78KCBUY
California State University-SacramentoCA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Coe CollegeIA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Hardin-Simmons UniversityTX$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Hartwick CollegeNY$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Hood CollegeMD$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Manhattanville CollegeNY$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Mary Baldwin UniversityVA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Meredith CollegeNC$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Millsaps CollegeMS$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Monmouth CollegeIL$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Moravian UniversityPA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Morehouse CollegeGA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Oglethorpe UniversityGA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Roanoke CollegeVA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Rollins CollegeFL$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaCA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Simmons UniversityMA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Spelman CollegeGA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Massachusetts-BostonMA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Northern ColoradoCO$27K$58K$78KCBUY
University of San FranciscoCA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Science and Arts of OklahomaOK$26K$58K$78KCBUY
University of Wisconsin-SuperiorWI$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Ursinus CollegePA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Utah State UniversityUT$25K$58K$78KCBUY
Villanova UniversityPA$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Wells CollegeNY$26K$58K$78KCBUY
Whitworth UniversityWA$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Winston-Salem State UniversityNC$27K$58K$78KCBUY
Butler UniversityIN$28K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Lake Forest CollegeIL$28K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Marymount UniversityVA$28K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Oregon State UniversityOR$28K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Rockford UniversityIL$28K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Rockhurst UniversityMO$27K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Rutgers University-NewarkNJ$28K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Tougaloo CollegeMS$28K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Wagner CollegeNY$28K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Graceland University-LamoniIA$29K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Linfield UniversityOR$29K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Mercer UniversityGA$30K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Muskingum UniversityOH$29K$58K$78KCCAUTION
St Catherine UniversityMN$29K$58K$78KCCAUTION
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusCO$29K$58K$78KCCAUTION
University of La VerneCA$29K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Barnard CollegeNY$30K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Eastern Oregon UniversityOR$30K$58K$78KCCAUTION
University of PennsylvaniaPA$30K$58K$78KCCAUTION
University of South FloridaFL$31K$58K$78KCCAUTION
West Virginia State UniversityWV$31K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Harvard UniversityMA$32K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Rutgers University-CamdenNJ$32K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Pennsylvania State University-World CampusPA$33K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Shepherd UniversityWV$32K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Western Colorado UniversityCO$33K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Randolph CollegeVA$33K$58K$78KCCAUTION
University of Nevada-Las VegasNV$33K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Lyon CollegeAR$36K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Rutgers University-New BrunswickNJ$36K$58K$78KCCAUTION
St. Francis CollegeNY$37K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Sweet Briar CollegeVA$37K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY$38K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Saint Michael's CollegeVT$39K$58K$78KCCAUTION
Lubbock Christian UniversityTX$40K$58K$78KDCAUTION
Marietta CollegeOH$40K$58K$78KDCAUTION
Pacific Lutheran UniversityWA$44K$58K$78KDCAUTION