Top 25 programs, College Scorecard early-career median earnings (four years after completion). Hover a row for details.
Medians cover graduates working and not enrolled at the measurement point; Scorecard suppresses small cohorts and applies privacy protections. Field = CIP 45.06 Economics and 52.06 Business/Managerial Economics, bachelor's level. Four-year figures are early-career measures, not long-term earnings. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, as compiled in the College Transitions 2026 Economics Ranking.
| Rank | Institution | Median earnings | Earnings & ROI pctl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Duke University | $153,139 | 98.3 |
| 1 | University of Chicago | $127,832 | 96.0 |
| 23 | Amherst College | $127,636 | 93.6 |
| 12 | Stanford University | $127,416 | 99.4 |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | $125,816 | 99.2 |
| 18 | Middlebury College | $125,751 | 87.4 |
| 6 | Yale University | $125,006 | 97.9 |
| 2 | Harvard University | $124,570 | 97.9 |
| 10 | Dartmouth College | $118,120 | 97.0 |
| 9 | Claremont McKenna College | $115,832 | 97.8 |
| 7 | Williams College | $115,082 | 91.8 |
| 22 | Washington and Lee University | $110,050 | 94.8 |
| 19 | Cornell University | $107,248 | 96.7 |
| 5 | Northwestern University | $105,795 | 94.1 |
| 13 | Swarthmore College | $105,566 | 91.2 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | $104,258 | 93.9 |
| 15 | Colgate University | $103,456 | 93.0 |
| 4 | Princeton University | $103,078 | 96.5 |
| 17 | Colby College | $102,153 | 91.3 |
| 25 | Pomona College | $100,669 | 87.5 |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | $100,568 | 94.1 |
| 11 | Brown University | $94,824 | 92.9 |
| 20 | Boston College | $93,934 | 93.7 |
| 24 | Georgetown University | $92,475 | 94.0 |
| 21 | Wellesley College | $91,749 | 88.2 |