2025 Best Applied Economics Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for applied economics students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 59 degrees in applied economics to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Applied Economics Schools List

Applied Economics Rankings by Degree Level

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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Applied Economics in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes Region Schools in Applied Economics

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

36 Applied Economics Degrees Awarded

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in applied economics. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in applied economics from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Marquette University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in applied economics. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Milwaukee.More information about a degree in applied economics from Marquette University

Best Applied Economics Colleges by State

Explore the best applied economics colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	7
Michigan	915	70
Illinois	870	0
Wisconsin	672	13

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Applied Economics Related Rankings by Major

One of 5 majors within the Economics area of study, Applied Economics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Economics	3,334
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	3,128
Development Economics & International Development	51
International Economics	38
Other Economics	36

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Notes and References

• 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.