2024 Best Applied Economics Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
41Applied Economics Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in applied economics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #534 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Applied Economics Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 41 degrees in applied economics to qualified students.
The applied economics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Applied Economics rankings. We derive our Best Overall Applied Economics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Applied Economics Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Applied Economics in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the applied economics degree levels they offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Applied Economics
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in applied economics. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 32 applied economics students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in applied economics needs to look into University of San Francisco. USFCA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Francisco. This university ranks 24th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 1 applied economics students who graduated with this degree at USFCA in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Oregon State University if you want to pursue a degree in applied economics. Oregon State is a very large public university located in the small city of Corvallis. This university ranks 3rd out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 7 applied economics students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The applied economics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Applied Economics rankings. We derive our Best Overall Applied Economics School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
