2024 Best Applied Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
4Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
205Bachelor's Degrees
If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in applied economics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #445 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Applied Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 205 bachelor's degrees in applied economics to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Applied Economics School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The applied economics bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to applied economics students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other applied economics students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized applied economics related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for applied economics students working on their bachelor's degree.
The applied 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 Applied Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Applied Economics in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in applied economics.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Applied Economics
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).