2025 Best General Economics Schools in District of Columbia
3Colleges in District of Columbia
212General Economics Degrees Awarded
General Economics is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #29 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for general economics students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 212 degrees in general economics annually.
Your choice of general economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Economics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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.
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Best Schools for General Economics in District of Columbia
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general economics degree levels they offer.
Top District of Columbia Schools in General Economics
George Washington University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general economics. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 71 general economics students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in general economics has to check out American University. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 7 schools for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were about 110 general economics students who graduated with this degree at The American University in the most recent data year.
Howard University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general economics. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. This university ranks 5th out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were approximately 28 general economics students who graduated with this degree at Howard 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 general economics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Economics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
