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Prefer an urban setting, with a city as an extension of campus? We've compiled a list of the Best Urban Research Universities For Economics. Learn more about each school below and calculate your chances of acceptance.

49 Colleges
University of Chicago
#1 College for economics
Chicago, IL
$61KIn-state tuition
$61KOut-of-state tuition
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MIT
#2 College for economics
Cambridge, MA
$60KIn-state tuition
$60KOut-of-state tuition
Harvard University
#3 College for economics
Cambridge, MA
$53KIn-state tuition
$53KOut-of-state tuition
Yale University
#6 College for economics
New Haven, CT
$62KIn-state tuition
$62KOut-of-state tuition
California Institute of Technology | Caltech
#7 College for economics
Pasadena, CA
$58KIn-state tuition
$58KOut-of-state tuition
University of California, Berkeley | UC Berkeley
#8 College for economics
Berkeley, CA
$12KIn-state tuition
$42KOut-of-state tuition
Brown University
#12 College for economics
Providence, RI
$63KIn-state tuition
$63KOut-of-state tuition
Georgetown University
#13 College for economics
Washington, DC
$62KIn-state tuition
$62KOut-of-state tuition
Duke University
#14 College for economics
Durham, NC
$60KIn-state tuition
$60KOut-of-state tuition
Northwestern University
#17 College for economics
Evanston, IL
$62KIn-state tuition
$62KOut-of-state tuition
University of Pennsylvania | UPenn
#18 College for economics
Philadelphia, PA
$56KIn-state tuition
$56KOut-of-state tuition
Columbia University
#19 College for economics
New York, NY
$63KIn-state tuition
$63KOut-of-state tuition
Rice University
#20 College for economics
Houston, TX
$54KIn-state tuition
$54KOut-of-state tuition
Cornell University
#23 College for economics
Ithaca, NY
$62KIn-state tuition
$62KOut-of-state tuition
Vanderbilt University
#24 College for economics
Nashville, TN
$58KIn-state tuition
$58KOut-of-state tuition
University of Michigan
#25 College for economics
Ann Arbor, MI
$16KIn-state tuition
$55KOut-of-state tuition
Boston College | BC
#26 College for economics
Chestnut Hill, MA
$63KIn-state tuition
$63KOut-of-state tuition
University of Southern California | USC
#27 College for economics
Los Angeles, CA
$63KIn-state tuition
$63KOut-of-state tuition
University of California, Los Angeles | UCLA
#28 College for economics
Los Angeles, CA
$12KIn-state tuition
$42KOut-of-state tuition
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | UNC
#30 College for economics
Chapel Hill, NC
$7KIn-state tuition
$36KOut-of-state tuition
Carnegie Mellon University
#31 College for economics
Pittsburgh, PA
$65KIn-state tuition
$65KOut-of-state tuition
Johns Hopkins University | JHU
#35 College for economics
Baltimore, MD
$60KIn-state tuition
$60KOut-of-state tuition
University of Texas at Austin | UT Austin
#36 College for economics
Austin, TX
$12KIn-state tuition
$41KOut-of-state tuition
New York University | NYU
#37 College for economics
New York, NY
$55KIn-state tuition
$55KOut-of-state tuition
Wake Forest University
#42 College for economics
Winston-Salem, NC
$61KIn-state tuition
$61KOut-of-state tuition
George Washington University | GW
#44 College for economics
Washington, DC
$67KIn-state tuition
$67KOut-of-state tuition
Boston University
#51 College for economics
Boston, MA
$70KIn-state tuition
$70KOut-of-state tuition
Brigham Young University | BYU
#53 College for economics
Provo, UT
$6KIn-state tuition
$6KOut-of-state tuition
Tulane University
#54 College for economics
New Orleans, LA
$59KIn-state tuition
$59KOut-of-state tuition
American University
#59 College for economics
Washington, DC
$53KIn-state tuition
$53KOut-of-state tuition
University of California, San Diego
#68 College for economics
La Jolla, CA
$12KIn-state tuition
$42KOut-of-state tuition
Northeastern University
#69 College for economics
Boston, MA
$68KIn-state tuition
$68KOut-of-state tuition
Santa Clara University
#71 College for economics
Santa Clara, CA
$57KIn-state tuition
$57KOut-of-state tuition
Brandeis University
#72 College for economics
Waltham, MA
$62KIn-state tuition
$62KOut-of-state tuition
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Minnesota
#73 College for economics
Minneapolis, MN
$14KIn-state tuition
$33KOut-of-state tuition
University of Rochester
#74 College for economics
Rochester, NY
$61KIn-state tuition
$61KOut-of-state tuition
University of California, Irvine | UC Irvine
#76 College for economics
Irvine, CA
$12KIn-state tuition
$42KOut-of-state tuition
Pennsylvania State University | Penn State
#80 College for economics
University Park, PA
$19KIn-state tuition
$36KOut-of-state tuition
Howard University
#81 College for economics
Washington, DC
$31KIn-state tuition
$31KOut-of-state tuition
University of Washington
#83 College for economics
Seattle, WA
$11KIn-state tuition
$40KOut-of-state tuition
University of Florida
#89 College for economics
Gainesville, FL
$4KIn-state tuition
$26KOut-of-state tuition
Syracuse University
#90 College for economics
Syracuse, NY
$58KIn-state tuition
$58KOut-of-state tuition
Ohio State University | OSU
#94 College for economics
Columbus, OH
$12KIn-state tuition
$36KOut-of-state tuition
Virginia Tech
#96 College for economics
Blacksburg, VA
$12KIn-state tuition
$32KOut-of-state tuition
Case Western Reserve University
#98 College for economics
Cleveland, OH
$61KIn-state tuition
$61KOut-of-state tuition
Texas A&M University
#100 College for economics
College Station, TX
$9KIn-state tuition
$36KOut-of-state tuition
University of Iowa
#102 College for economics
Iowa City, IA
$10KIn-state tuition
$32KOut-of-state tuition
Arizona State University | ASU
#103 College for economics
Tempe, AZ
$11KIn-state tuition
$30KOut-of-state tuition
Bentley University
#104 College for economics
Waltham, MA
$57KIn-state tuition
$57KOut-of-state tuition