2025 Best General Economics Associate Degree Schools in California
13
Colleges in California
3,297
Associate Degrees
General Economics is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #42 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 13 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for general economics students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,297 associate degrees in general economics during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great General Economics School for Your Associate Degree
The general economics associate 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
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. 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 much a school focuses on general economics students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general economics students want to attend this school to pursue a associate 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 general economics related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general economics students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank General Economics Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Economics Associate Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.