Median Starting Salaries (by Institution): Economics

Salary (by major) data was collected from the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDOE) College Scorecard platform and indicates the median salary of an institution’s graduates two years after receiving their bachelor’s degree in economics, along with the number of graduates per institution for which the USDOE has salary data. Since the USDOE focuses only on early-career salaries, we limit the salary tables on our Dataverse to “pre-professional” majors where students are more likely to pursue employment immediately after graduation (e.g., as opposed to attending graduate school) and within their undergraduate field of study.

*Note that the USDOE is not able to disclose salary data by major for all institutions offering a major in this area. For example, if a group of individuals within a certain institution is too small, the USDOE must suppress salary data in order to prevent identification of the group’s individuals.

Table Updated December 2023

UnitID	Institution	# Graduates	Median Starting Salary	TAG
166683	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	12	$110,878	MIT
186131	Princeton University	11	$103,078
198419	Duke University	116	$90,856
112260	Claremont McKenna College	25	$87,754
182670	Dartmouth College	120	$87,604
130794	Yale University	84	$86,621
144050	University of Chicago	172	$85,637	UChicago
243744	Stanford University	34	$85,391
216287	Swarthmore College	23	$81,702
190150	Columbia University in the City of New York	163	$79,419
166027	Harvard University	93	$78,971
121345	Pomona College	24	$77,213
215062	University of Pennsylvania	80	$77,087	UPenn
168218	Wellesley College	55	$76,460
168342	Williams College	64	$76,460
230959	Middlebury College	52	$75,518
162928	Johns Hopkins University	46	$75,047	JHU
131496	Georgetown University	93	$74,702
164465	Amherst College	30	$74,576
147767	Northwestern University	187	$73,035
227757	Rice University	45	$72,884
221999	Vanderbilt University	116	$72,134
168148	Tufts University	88	$71,778
161004	Bowdoin College	37	$71,015
189097	Barnard College	47	$70,456
110635	University of California-Berkeley	220	$70,379	UC Berkeley; UCB
190415	Cornell University	143	$69,948
211440	Carnegie Mellon University	29	$69,338	CMU
178411	Missouri University of Science and Technology	11	$69,338	MUST
160977	Bates College	30	$69,338
152080	University of Notre Dame	122	$69,338	UND
164924	Boston College	253	$69,069	BC
194824	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	12	$68,790	RPI
122931	Santa Clara University	50	$68,379	SCU
190099	Colgate University	52	$67,995
166124	College of the Holy Cross	145	$66,519	CHC
165015	Brandeis University	62	$66,401
233374	University of Richmond	20	$65,821	UR
212054	Drexel University	56	$65,387
217402	Providence College	32	$64,791
173902	Macalester College	29	$64,493
191515	Hamilton College	56	$63,501
217156	Brown University	77	$63,302
139658	Emory University	90	$62,632
234076	University of Virginia-Main Campus	118	$62,409	UVA
228246	Southern Methodist University	74	$62,012	SMU
170976	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	289	$61,829	UMich
130590	Trinity College	22	$61,814
145646	Illinois Wesleyan University	13	$61,516	IWU
110705	University of California-Santa Barbara	288	$60,790	UCSB: UC Santa Barbara
164270	McDaniel College	11	$60,623
167358	Northeastern University	100	$60,046
193900	New York University	261	$59,904	NYU
216597	Villanova University	91	$59,485
140553	Morehouse College	22	$59,417
110422	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	41	$59,124
213385	Lafayette College	89	$58,943
130253	Sacred Heart University	21	$58,943
196866	Union College	59	$58,673
194310	Pace University	28	$58,673
441937	California State University-Channel Islands	18	$58,221
161086	Colby College	39	$57,995
197133	Vassar College	53	$57,995
150400	DePauw University	51	$57,860
195030	University of Rochester	34	$57,705	UR
236595	Seattle University	15	$57,318
192819	Marist College	17	$57,318
218070	Furman University	12	$57,318
131469	George Washington University	103	$57,072	GWU
195809	St. John's University-New York	39	$56,415
170532	Kalamazoo College	13	$55,964
212674	Gettysburg College	34	$55,964
212577	Franklin and Marshall College	22	$55,964	F&M
234207	Washington and Lee University	33	$55,964	W&L
199847	Wake Forest University	78	$55,693	WFU
191630	Hobart William Smith Colleges	31	$55,512	HWS
184348	Drew University	29	$55,512
123572	Sonoma State University	19	$55,512
228875	Texas Christian University	40	$55,286
181002	Creighton University	22	$55,286
174792	Saint Johns University	29	$55,151
211291	Bucknell University	74	$55,102
120254	Occidental College	46	$55,078	Oxy
145637	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	207	$54,817	UIUC
163046	Loyola University Maryland	13	$54,713
191241	Fordham University	114	$54,678
214175	Muhlenberg College	18	$54,644
148496	Dominican University	13	$54,644
128902	Connecticut College	56	$54,522	Conn College
240189	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	14	$54,435
230038	Brigham Young University	133	$54,430	BYU
228778	The University of Texas at Austin	295	$54,238	UT; UT Austin
239017	Lawrence University	16	$54,035
164988	Boston University	104	$53,454	BU
203368	John Carroll University	19	$53,358
130226	Quinnipiac University	15	$53,358
231624	William & Mary	80	$53,108	W&M
215770	Saint Joseph's University	29	$52,941
151351	Indiana University-Bloomington	69	$52,941	IU; IUB
167996	Stonehill College	24	$52,941
153384	Grinnell College	34	$52,941
110565	California State University-Fullerton	47	$52,733
129242	Fairfield University	36	$52,607
204024	Miami University-Oxford	33	$52,607
174066	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	156	$52,584	UMN
229267	Trinity University	22	$52,107
174844	St Olaf College	66	$52,107
173647	Gustavus Adolphus College	29	$52,107
153834	Luther College	12	$52,107
187134	The College of New Jersey	15	$52,107	TCNJ
209922	Reed College	17	$52,107
152673	Wabash College	25	$52,107
206622	Xavier University	13	$52,107
230728	Utah State University	81	$52,107
133711	Flagler College	11	$52,107
232186	George Mason University	105	$51,915
214777	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	349	$51,907	PSU; Penn State
110662	University of California-Los Angeles	324	$51,899	UCLA
199120	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	182	$51,794	UNC Chapel Hill
163286	University of Maryland-College Park	248	$51,760	UMD
173920	Minnesota State University-Mankato	33	$51,106
236948	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	84	$51,035	UW
203535	Kenyon College	36	$50,856
122436	University of San Diego	18	$50,856	USD
175005	St Catherine University	16	$50,856
228769	The University of Texas at Arlington	56	$50,856	UT
243780	Purdue University-Main Campus	30	$50,563
202523	Denison University	68	$50,439
201441	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	33	$50,439
212009	Dickinson College	38	$50,320
195003	Rochester Institute of Technology	13	$50,270	RIT
130943	University of Delaware	61	$50,231	UDel
240365	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	19	$50,231
174914	University of St Thomas	53	$50,231
216339	Temple University	95	$50,060
183044	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	53	$49,962	UNH
123961	University of Southern California	135	$49,962	USC
228723	Texas A & M University-College Station	154	$49,814
197708	Yeshiva University	15	$49,683
110486	California State University-Bakersfield	15	$49,683
166629	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	200	$49,595	UMass Amherst
240444	University of Wisconsin-Madison	287	$49,521	UW Madison
156286	Bellarmine University	14	$49,331
167783	Simmons University	13	$49,323
232423	James Madison University	47	$49,270	JMU
147828	Olivet Nazarene University	13	$49,058
173665	Hamline University	14	$49,058
168263	Westfield State University	30	$49,019
163851	Salisbury University	16	$48,823
150756	Hanover College	27	$48,823
171100	Michigan State University	214	$48,823	MSU
144962	Elmhurst University	14	$48,823
141060	Spelman College	48	$48,667
195216	St Lawrence University	63	$48,600	SLU
135726	University of Miami	63	$48,432	UM; UMiami
217536	Salve Regina University	11	$48,432
190512	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	55	$48,432
168005	Suffolk University	24	$48,432
122612	University of San Francisco	16	$48,432	USF
156408	Centre College	54	$48,432
134130	University of Florida	168	$48,265	UF
129020	University of Connecticut	258	$48,243	UConn
233921	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	107	$48,198	Virginia Tech; Va Tech
206589	The College of Wooster	22	$48,041
236939	Washington State University	58	$48,041	WSU
230603	Southern Utah University	12	$47,952
104151	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	147	$47,846	ASU
196413	Syracuse University	61	$47,846
240453	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	73	$47,729
167835	Smith College	53	$47,650
216524	Ursinus College	62	$47,650
221519	The University of the South	38	$47,595
110644	University of California-Davis	375	$47,553	UC Davis
131159	American University	74	$47,494
224323	University of Dallas	23	$47,260
215929	University of Scranton	17	$47,260
117946	Loyola Marymount University	41	$47,260	LMU
147703	Northern Illinois University	77	$47,260	NIU
163268	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	99	$47,260	UMBC
127565	Metropolitan State University of Denver	18	$47,260
217165	Bryant University	13	$47,260
239716	Saint Norbert College	23	$47,260
178402	University of Missouri-Kansas City	15	$47,260	UMKC
121150	Pepperdine University	37	$47,260
174233	University of Minnesota-Duluth	31	$47,260
186201	Ramapo College of New Jersey	13	$47,260
164562	Assumption University	15	$47,260
186380	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	207	$47,153	RU
186371	Rutgers University-Camden	207	$47,153
186399	Rutgers University-Newark	207	$47,153
139959	University of Georgia	58	$46,869	UGA
196079	Binghamton University	228	$46,708	SUNY Binghamton
168430	Worcester State University	11	$46,673
178615	Truman State University	11	$46,478
145813	Illinois State University	46	$46,422	ISU
110680	University of California-San Diego	297	$46,300	UCSD; UC San Diego
240329	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	34	$46,087
151111	Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	24	$46,087	IUPUI
216667	Washington & Jefferson College	24	$46,087
153603	Iowa State University	28	$46,087	ISU
146481	Lake Forest College	15	$46,087	LFC
162654	Goucher College	11	$46,087
127185	Fort Lewis College	14	$46,087
149781	Wheaton College	18	$46,087
182281	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	30	$46,087	UNLV
235316	Gonzaga University	22	$46,087
189705	Canisius College	27	$46,087
195526	Skidmore College	35	$46,087
221351	Rhodes College	19	$46,087
164216	Washington College	29	$46,087
126678	Colorado College	34	$46,087	CC
165936	Gordon College	12	$45,918
161253	University of Maine	12	$45,808
128771	Central Connecticut State University	28	$45,794
207500	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	20	$45,715
178396	University of Missouri-Columbia	22	$45,696	Mizzou
173045	Augsburg University	20	$45,696
147776	Northeastern Illinois University	38	$45,500
126614	University of Colorado Boulder	143	$45,190	CU Boulder
195474	Siena College	35	$45,128
186584	Seton Hall University	20	$44,971
229115	Texas Tech University	56	$44,970
146427	Knox College	19	$44,942
178420	University of Missouri-St Louis	17	$44,942
126818	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	114	$44,937	CSU
166638	University of Massachusetts-Boston	62	$44,728	UMass Boston
179867	Washington University in St Louis	12	$44,572
155399	Kansas State University	20	$44,551	KSU
153658	University of Iowa	122	$44,389	UI
240471	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	11	$44,384
222983	Austin College	19	$44,384
157085	University of Kentucky	54	$44,356	UK
110714	University of California-Santa Cruz	71	$44,356	UCSC; UC Santa Cruz
120883	University of the Pacific	17	$44,356
104179	University of Arizona	73	$44,356
209551	University of Oregon	181	$44,305	UO
198516	Elon University	19	$44,189
172644	Wayne State University	16	$43,798
171146	University of Michigan-Flint	13	$43,798	UMIch Flint
154350	Simpson College	11	$43,798
211158	Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	35	$43,798
214041	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	32	$43,798
227216	University of North Texas	38	$43,575	UNT
171137	University of Michigan-Dearborn	20	$43,575	UMich Dearborn
239105	Marquette University	27	$43,575
160755	Tulane University of Louisiana	70	$43,519
215293	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	98	$43,479
145600	University of Illinois Chicago	82	$43,426	UIC
221759	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	37	$43,426	UTK
186876	Stockton University	15	$43,426
233295	Randolph-Macon College	36	$43,426
165024	Bridgewater State University	38	$43,426
230764	University of Utah	88	$43,351	UU
366711	California State University-San Marcos	34	$43,319
139940	Georgia State University	116	$43,290	GSU
176965	University of Central Missouri	17	$43,240
122597	San Francisco State University	45	$43,240	SFSU
196176	State University of New York at New Paltz	15	$43,128
445188	University of California-Merced	51	$43,000
232681	University of Mary Washington	25	$42,682
240480	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	14	$42,682
228787	The University of Texas at Dallas	33	$42,682	UT; UT Dallas
168281	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	34	$42,682
191649	Hofstra University	14	$42,682
110617	California State University-Sacramento	189	$42,682
196097	Stony Brook University	78	$42,682
157951	Western Kentucky University	14	$42,682	WKU
171571	Oakland University	12	$42,682
237057	Whitman College	23	$42,682
196167	SUNY College at Geneseo	25	$42,682
154095	University of Northern Iowa	29	$42,682	UNI
240277	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	14	$42,682
213507	Lebanon Valley College	14	$42,682
200800	University of Akron Main Campus	14	$42,682
213668	Lycoming College	12	$42,682
200332	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	13	$42,682	NDSU
219356	South Dakota State University	90	$42,682	SDSU
199111	University of North Carolina at Asheville	13	$42,682	UNCA; UNC Asheville
131520	Howard University	29	$42,682
170082	Grand Valley State University	18	$42,682
204796	Ohio State University-Main Campus	222	$42,276	OSU
164076	Towson University	79	$42,073
136950	Rollins College	49	$42,044
217819	College of Charleston	18	$41,937
234085	Virginia Military Institute	44	$41,937	VMI
209542	Oregon State University	82	$41,937	OSU
183062	Keene State College	18	$41,789
110538	California State University-Chico	48	$41,725
122409	San Diego State University	85	$41,689	SDSU
240268	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	39	$41,565
100858	Auburn University	15	$41,565
236328	University of Puget Sound	46	$41,565
161554	University of Southern Maine	13	$41,565
195720	St. John Fisher University	13	$41,565
163912	St. Mary's College of Maryland	40	$41,565
137847	The University of Tampa	11	$41,565
168546	Albion College	16	$41,349
204501	Oberlin College	31	$41,205
196246	SUNY College at Plattsburgh	14	$41,205
123554	Saint Mary's College of California	23	$41,193
185262	Kean University	15	$41,193
210669	Allegheny College	58	$41,087
233277	Radford University	18	$41,025
231712	Christopher Newport University	27	$41,007
133951	Florida International University	75	$41,007	FIU
155317	University of Kansas	45	$40,896	KU
231059	Saint Michael's College	18	$40,896
225511	University of Houston	119	$40,768	UH
134097	Florida State University	216	$40,728	FSU
106397	University of Arkansas	21	$40,647
151306	University of Southern Indiana	11	$40,485
150163	Butler University	12	$40,485
152600	Valparaiso University	18	$40,467
217484	University of Rhode Island	53	$40,392	URI
133669	Florida Atlantic University	75	$40,209	FAU
110583	California State University-Long Beach	99	$40,179
190600	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	96	$40,179
179566	Missouri State University-Springfield	25	$40,132
126580	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	29	$40,089
142115	Boise State University	14	$39,909
210401	Willamette University	36	$39,909
110608	California State University-Northridge	74	$39,909
169248	Central Michigan University	18	$39,729
184782	Rowan University	18	$39,729
138600	Agnes Scott College	16	$39,729
219471	University of South Dakota	17	$39,729	USD
213020	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus	34	$39,585	IUP
190594	CUNY Hunter College	90	$39,523
234827	Central Washington University	27	$39,369
218663	University of South Carolina-Columbia	59	$39,369	USC
197869	Appalachian State University	30	$39,369	App State; ASU
174783	Saint Cloud State University	18	$39,369
237011	Western Washington University	59	$39,214
141574	University of Hawaii at Manoa	62	$39,153
232256	Hampden-Sydney College	23	$39,153
433660	Florida Gulf Coast University	14	$39,009
144740	DePaul University	45	$39,009
132903	University of Central Florida	11	$39,009	UCF
118888	Mills College at Northeastern University	18	$39,009
110671	University of California-Riverside	184	$38,937	UC Riverside
217882	Clemson University	77	$38,649
218973	Wofford College	12	$38,472
236577	Seattle Pacific University	20	$38,289
127741	University of Northern Colorado	15	$38,289
175272	Winona State University	14	$38,289
206084	University of Toledo	11	$38,289
107080	Hendrix College	15	$38,289
122755	San Jose State University	33	$38,289	SJSU
201885	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	17	$38,289	Cincy
166939	Mount Holyoke College	15	$38,289
201645	Case Western Reserve University	21	$38,289	CWRU
137351	University of South Florida	92	$38,289	USF
196060	SUNY at Albany	115	$38,048
231174	University of Vermont	67	$37,856	UVM
196194	State University of New York at Oswego	22	$37,748
187444	William Paterson University of New Jersey	24	$37,568
110529	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	19	$37,568
199102	North Carolina A & T State University	20	$37,208
202134	Cleveland State University	14	$37,208
190637	CUNY Lehman College	30	$36,995
143084	Augustana College	19	$36,941
166513	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	12	$36,852	UMass Lowell
212115	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	23	$36,848	ESU
209056	Lewis & Clark College	22	$36,848
237792	Shepherd University	12	$36,674
228459	Texas State University	12	$36,674
187985	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	26	$36,560	UNM
196130	SUNY Buffalo State University	48	$36,488
209807	Portland State University	51	$36,310
190567	CUNY City College	59	$36,310
136172	University of North Florida	29	$36,221
139931	Georgia Southern University	35	$36,166
202480	University of Dayton	14	$36,141
180461	Montana State University	21	$35,594
174251	University of Minnesota-Morris	17	$35,594
110653	University of California-Irvine	96	$35,594	UCI; UC Irvine
198464	East Carolina University	79	$35,518	ECU
224147	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi	14	$35,060
204857	Ohio University-Main Campus	20	$35,060	OU
199148	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	33	$35,060	UNCG; UNC Greensboro
110574	California State University-East Bay	32	$34,526
190664	CUNY Queens College	253	$34,505
171456	Northern Michigan University	18	$34,420
172699	Western Michigan University	14	$33,993
129215	Eastern Connecticut State University	18	$33,993
185590	Montclair State University	15	$33,993
191968	Ithaca College	17	$33,993
110510	California State University-San Bernardino	32	$33,459
101480	Jacksonville State University	11	$32,925
235097	Eastern Washington University	19	$32,569
110556	California State University-Fresno	20	$31,839
190558	College of Staten Island CUNY	55	$31,495
149222	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	14	$30,771
227368	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	18	$29,141
141334	University of West Georgia	23	$28,598
196219	SUNY at Purchase College	18	$28,309
198613	Guilford College	16	$28,212
190549	CUNY Brooklyn College	12	$26,353
169798	Eastern Michigan University	12	$26,353
196088	University at Buffalo	47	$26,224
169080	Calvin University	29	$24,421
207582	Oral Roberts University	16	$21,508
121691	University of Redlands	11	$20,373

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