Top 25 economics programs, sorted by economics' share of bachelor's degrees. Hover a bar for degree counts.
No public university reaches the top 25. Economics = CIP 45.06. Small private college = private, fewer than 4,000 undergraduates. Source: IPEDS Completions, FY2022-FY2024, as compiled in the College Transitions 2026 Economics Ranking.
| Rank | Institution | Econ share | Econ degrees | All bachelor's |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Chicago | 30.1% | 1,612 | 5,361 |
| 9 | Claremont McKenna College | 29.3% | 292 | 998 |
| 7 | Williams College | 17.9% | 283 | 1,578 |
| 17 | Colby College | 15.7% | 252 | 1,603 |
| 15 | Colgate University | 15.3% | 340 | 2,219 |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 15.2% | 304 | 1,996 |
| 13 | Swarthmore College | 14.3% | 180 | 1,254 |
| 23 | Amherst College | 14.3% | 208 | 1,452 |
| 20 | Boston College | 12.8% | 901 | 7,028 |
| 10 | Dartmouth College | 12.8% | 450 | 3,518 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | 12.7% | 685 | 5,390 |
| 21 | Wellesley College | 12.7% | 222 | 1,749 |
| 2 | Harvard University | 12.4% | 682 | 5,507 |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 12.0% | 769 | 6,432 |
| 25 | Pomona College | 11.6% | 147 | 1,268 |
| 6 | Yale University | 10.3% | 467 | 4,534 |
| 22 | Washington and Lee University | 10.0% | 135 | 1,345 |
| 4 | Princeton University | 9.8% | 378 | 3,865 |
| 3 | Duke University | 8.7% | 543 | 6,253 |
| 11 | Brown University | 8.5% | 452 | 5,303 |
| 24 | Georgetown University | 8.1% | 446 | 5,478 |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | 6.7% | 565 | 8,468 |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 6.6% | 446 | 6,769 |
| 12 | Stanford University | 6.4% | 321 | 5,002 |
| 19 | Cornell University | 3.7% | 424 | 11,447 |