2024 Best Applied Economics Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
5Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
239Applied 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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for applied economics students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 239 degrees in applied economics to qualified students.
Your choice of applied economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Applied Economics in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Applied Economics
It is hard to beat Georgetown University if you wish to pursue a degree in applied economics. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 24 applied economics students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in applied economics has to look into Carnegie Mellon University. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were about 18 applied economics students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in applied economics has to check out Binghamton University. Binghamton University is a large public university located in the suburb of Vestal. A Best Colleges rank of #369 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Binghamton University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 112 applied economics students who graduated with this degree at Binghamton University in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in applied economics needs to check out Ursinus College. Ursinus is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Collegeville. This college ranks 25th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 48 applied economics students who graduated with this degree at Ursinus in the most recent data year.
SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of Farmingdale. This college ranks 97th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 24 applied economics students who graduated with this degree at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale in the most recent data year.
Ithaca is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Ithaca. This college ranks 39th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 3 applied economics students who graduated with this degree at Ithaca in the most recent year we have data available.
Buffalo State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Buffalo. This school ranks 109th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 8 applied economics students who graduated with this degree at Buffalo 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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Your choice of applied economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
