Economics General

A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro- and macroeconomics, comparative economic systems, money and banking systems, international economics, quantitative analytical methods, and applications to specific industries and public policy issues.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 671 institutions across the United States, with a total of 65134 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

3,383

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

17,564

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

553

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

169

degrees awarded

Other Awards

43,432

awards given

Top Schools for Economics General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	1,911
2	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	1,841
3	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	1,236
4	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1,023
5	Utah State University Logan, UT	1,005
6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	990
7	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	954
8	Boston University Boston, MA	921
9	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	915
10	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	915
11	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	885
12	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	879
13	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	870
14	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	759
15	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	735
16	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	672
17	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	663
18	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	624
19	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	609
20	Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara, CA	537
21	Pasadena City College Pasadena, CA	528
22	Grossmont College El Cajon, CA	519
23	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	516
24	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	501
25	University of Houston Houston, TX	498
26	Moorpark College Moorpark, CA	486
27	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	480
28	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	477
29	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	477
30	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	447
31	Florida International University Miami, FL	423
32	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	423
33	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	417
34	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	414
35	Clemson University Clemson, SC	399
36	West Valley College Saratoga, CA	399
37	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	396
38	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	390
39	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	387
40	Golden West College Huntington Beach, CA	381
41	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	378
42	Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills, CA	375
43	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	369
44	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	366
45	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	354
46	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	354
47	Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CA	351
48	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	348
49	CUNY City College New York, NY	348
50	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	339
51	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	336
52	Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA	333
53	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	330
54	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	309
55	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	303
56	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	300
57	Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill, CA	282
58	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	273
59	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	261
60	American University Washington, DC	255
61	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	255
62	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	255
63	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	255
64	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	252
65	Evergreen Valley College San Jose, CA	252
66	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	246
67	University of Georgia Athens, GA	243
68	Rice University Houston, TX	240
69	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	234
70	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	231
71	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	228
72	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	222
73	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	219
74	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	216
75	American River College Sacramento, CA	210
76	El Camino Community College District Torrance, CA	207
77	Cuesta College San Luis Obispo, CA	204
78	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	201
79	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	201
80	De Anza College Cupertino, CA	198
81	Folsom Lake College Folsom, CA	198
82	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	198
83	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	195
84	St Lawrence University Canton, NY	195
85	University of Delaware Newark, DE	192
86	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	192
87	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	192
88	College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, CA	189
89	East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA	186
90	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	183
91	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	180
92	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	177
93	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	177
94	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	177
95	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	177
96	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY	177
97	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	174
98	Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CA	174
99	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	174
100	George Washington University Washington, DC	171