Other Economics isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #687 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for other economics students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 49 degrees in other economics to qualified students.
The other economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Other Economics Schools in Washington.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the other economics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Whitman College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in other economics. Whitman is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Walla Walla. This college ranks 452nd out of 2,217 schools for overall quality nationwide.
There were about 5 other economics students who graduated with this degree at Whitman in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in other economics has to look into Western Washington University. WWU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bellingham. A Best Colleges rank of #215 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 other economics students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Central Washington University if you want to pursue a degree in other economics. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 7th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 9 other economics students who graduated with this degree at CWU 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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