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Most Popular Schools for Applied Economics Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the application of economic principles and analytical techniques to the study of particular industries, activities, or the exploitation of particular resources. Includes instruction in economic theory; microeconomic analysis and modeling of specific industries, commodities; the economic consequences of resource allocation decisions; regulatory and consumer factors; and the technical aspects of specific subjects as they relate to economic analysis.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Binghamton University 123 3% $26,866
2 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 71 1% $27,898
3 Ursinus College 46 12% $68,122
4 University of California-Los Angeles 45 0% $34,620
5 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 45 1% $26,834
6 Georgetown University 41 1% $73,840
7 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 41 0% $30,298
8 University of Houston 31 0% $23,225
9 Florida State University 25 0% $22,168
10 Western Michigan University 17 0% $26,009
11 New Mexico State University-Main Campus 17 1% $21,380
12 Western Kentucky University 15 0% $21,840
13 Farmingdale State College 14 1% $24,744
14 University of Massachusetts-Amherst 10 0% $30,913
15 Marquette University 10 0% $58,057
16 Montana State University 10 0% $22,453
17 University of Northern Iowa 9 0% $20,934
18 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 9 0% $19,062
19 Ohio State University-Main Campus 9 0% $27,367
20 SUNY Buffalo State 8 0% $25,846
21 University of Massachusetts-Boston 7 0% $36,647
22 Georgia Southern University 7 0% $23,014
23 Ball State University 7 0% $24,550
24 Washington State University 7 0% $27,484
25 University of Arizona 5 0% $29,217
26 St Catherine University 5 0% $52,164
27 Bryant University 4 0% $62,320
28 University at Buffalo 4 0% $27,758
29 University of Illinois at Chicago 3 0% $30,866
30 The College of Saint Scholastica 3 0% $50,352
31 Ithaca College 3 0% $62,757
32 University of San Francisco 3 0% $68,296
33 Southern Methodist University 3 0% $74,737
34 Eastern Michigan University 3 0% $26,196
35 Saint Cloud State University 3 0% $20,991
36 University of Rhode Island 2 0% $30,351
37 Mills College 2 0% $47,784
38 University of Central Oklahoma 2 0% $24,091
39 Oregon State University 2 0% $26,892
40 Hofstra University 1 0% $63,748
41 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus 1 0% $24,915
42 Utah State University 1 0% $20,504
43 University of Akron Main Campus 1 0% $27,279

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Applied Economics program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.