2024 Best General Economics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
51Doctor's Degrees
General Economics is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #76 most popular major 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 looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Economics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 51 doctor's degrees in general economics to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Economics School for Your Doctor's Degree
The general economics doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality general economics program can vary widely even among the top schools. 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 take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general economics students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general economics students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general economics related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general economics students working on their doctor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Economics Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Economics in the Far Western US Region
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general economics students seeking a a doctor's degree.
Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in General 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).