Economics at NYU
NYU graduates about 540 economics majors a year, 8% of its graduating class. That puts it 29th of 683 schools we score for economics, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 37 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 66% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $117,000 four years out, 1.41× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $12 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Nearby in the economics ranking
Other strong majors at NYU
- Art, music & theater 95 · #3
- Computer science 94 · #19
- Math & statistics 92 · #21
- Nursing 92 · #1
- Health & pre-med fields 91 · #5
- Political science & IR 89 · #38
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares NYU with every school we score in economics. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.