If you pursue a degree in economics, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #19 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Montana to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of economics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 degrees in economics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Economics Schools in Montana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 economics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Montana State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in economics. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Bozeman.
Students who graduate with their degree from the economics program report average early career wages of $35,805.
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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