Best Economist programs in New York, ranked by enrollment
Conduct research, prepare reports, or formulate plans to address economic problems related to the production and distribution of goods and services or monetary and fiscal policy.
74 schools in New York run programs that feed this job, graduating 5,466 people a year. The job pays a median of $136,660 in New York across about 910 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in New York that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
12 programs in New York that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in New York (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New York page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economicsmain feeder CIP 45.0603In New York → | 2,736 | 50.1% | 31 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 2 | Economics, Generalmain feeder CIP 45.0601In New York → | 1,470 | 26.9% | 46 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 3 | CIP 27.0305In New York → | 506 | 9.3% | 13 | $60,930 | $21,143 |
| 4 | CIP 01.0103In New York → | 257 | 4.7% | 1 | $47,242 | $19,964 |
| 5 | Business/Managerial Economicsmain feeder CIP 52.0601In New York → | 248 | 4.5% | 10 | $53,269 | $21,962 |
| 6 | Applied Economicsmain feeder CIP 45.0602In New York → | 112 | 2.0% | 3 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 7 | Economics, Othermain feeder CIP 45.0699In New York → | 46 | 0.8% | 3 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 8 | CIP 45.1004In New York → | 32 | 0.6% | 1 | $35,631 | $23,538 |
| 9 | Mathematical Economicsmain feeder CIP 30.4901In New York → | 25 | 0.5% | 3 | — | — |
| 10 | CIP 45.0604In New York → | 25 | 0.5% | 2 | $51,725 | $22,907 |
| 11 | Philosophy, Politics, and Economicsmain feeder CIP 30.5101In New York → | 6 | 0.1% | 2 | — | — |
| 12 | Economics and Foreign Language/Literaturemain feeder CIP 30.4001 | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | — | — |
Top 25 schools in New York
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 36 of the 74 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York University New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 662 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $68,495 | 88% | $29,023 | 9% |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 565 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $83,135 | 96% | $15,315 | 4% |
| 3 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 515 | Agricultural Economics | $92,163 | 95% | $17,613 | 9% |
| 4 | Fordham University Bronx, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 404 | Financial Mathematics | — | 82% | $38,931 | 59% |
| 5 | Binghamton University Vestal, NY Public · 3 feeder programs | 345 | Economics, General | $48,120 | 82% | — | 39% |
| 6 | University at Albany Albany, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 239 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $37,188 | 61% | — | 69% |
| 7 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 213 | Economics, General | $55,974 | 84% | $28,851 | 46% |
| 8 | University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY Public · 4 feeder programs | 186 | Economics, General | $40,078 | 75% | — | 74% |
| 9 | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY Public · 3 feeder programs | 176 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $44,349 | 76% | — | 49% |
| 10 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY Public · 3 feeder programs | 175 | Business/Managerial Economics | $57,909 | 72% | — | 48% |
| 11 | State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 136 | Business/Managerial Economics | $40,517 | 68% | — | 60% |
| 12 | CUNY City College New York, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 135 | Economics, General | $45,556 | 57% | — | 60% |
| 13 | CUNY Hunter College New York, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 135 | Economics, General | $34,580 | 57% | — | 54% |
| 14 | Barnard College New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 129 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $85,860 | 93% | $24,675 | 9% |
| 15 | CUNY Queens College Queens, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 123 | Economics, General | $39,377 | 53% | — | 64% |
| 16 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 118 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $77,274 | 91% | $22,903 | 14% |
| 17 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 118 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $63,475 | 85% | $25,874 | 40% |
| 18 | Hamilton College Clinton, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 97 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $71,350 | 91% | $20,680 | 14% |
| 19 | Union College Schenectady, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 78 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $62,846 | 80% | $25,885 | 44% |
| 20 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 63 | Economics, General | $33,709 | 56% | — | 57% |
| 21 | Pace University New York, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 58 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $51,426 | 60% | $29,994 | 76% |
| 22 | St Lawrence University Canton, NY Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 58 | Economics, General | $57,829 | 79% | $24,100 | 54% |
| 23 | United States Military Academy West Point, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 51 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | — | 87% | — | 12% |
| 24 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 41 | Economics, General | $79,845 | 91% | $29,107 | 19% |
| 25 | Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 39 | Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | $61,946 | 77% | $22,374 | 64% |
All 74 schools in New York
Every school in New York with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | New York | Private not-for-profit | 662 | 3 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | Private not-for-profit | 565 | 2 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca | Private not-for-profit | 515 | 3 |
| Fordham University | Bronx | Private not-for-profit | 404 | 2 |
| Binghamton University | Vestal | Public | 345 | 3 |
| University at Albany | Albany | Public | 239 | 1 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse | Private not-for-profit | 213 | 3 |
| University at Buffalo | Buffalo | Public | 186 | 4 |
| Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | Public | 176 | 3 |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | New York | Public | 175 | 3 |
| State University of New York at Cortland | Cortland | Public | 136 | 2 |
| CUNY City College | New York | Public | 135 | 1 |
| CUNY Hunter College | New York | Public | 135 | 2 |
| Barnard College | New York | Private not-for-profit | 129 | 3 |
| CUNY Queens College | Queens | Public | 123 | 2 |
What economists earn in New York
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $124,720. New York pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in New York
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Economists page.
How to become a Economist
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Master's degree
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in New York
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 16 majors mapped to Economists16 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 01.0103Agricultural Economics
- 03.0204Environmental/Natural Resource Economics
- 27.0305Financial Mathematics
- 30.3901Economics and Computer Science
- 30.4001Economics and Foreign Language/Literature
- 30.4901Mathematical Economics
- 30.5101Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- 45.0601Economics, General
- 45.0602Applied Economics
- 45.0603Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
- 45.0604Development Economics and International Development
- 45.0605International Economics
- 45.0699Economics, Other
- 45.1004Political Economy
- 51.2007Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics
- 52.0601Business/Managerial Economics
Common questions
Answers for people weighing economists programs in New York.
What degree do you need to become an Economist?+
Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, which awarded 2,736 degrees in New York in 2024-25, 50.1% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming an Economist?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 12 programs to this occupation. The largest are Economics, Applied Mathematics, Agricultural Business and Management, Business/Managerial Economics, plus 4 more. Together they graduate about 5,466 people a year in New York.
How much do economists earn in New York?+
The median is $136,660 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 9.6% above the U.S. median of $124,720. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for economists growing?+
BLS projects a +1.2% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in New York?+
74 institutions in New York reported graduates from at least one of the 12 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do economists work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Economist, Economic Analyst, Forensic Economist, Research Economist, Resource Economist, Economic Consultant among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 19-3011.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
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