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2023 Most Popular Economics Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

13 Colleges
$46,347 Avg Salary
$21,716 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Economics School for You

Economics is the #42 most popular major in the country with 6,173 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Economics Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Economics program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for economics majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found Colorado School of Mines to be the most popular school for economics students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Economics Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

University of Denver

Denver, CO

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Denver is a great place for economics students. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best economics schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 5 spot on the list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

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#6

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Economics Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for economics students. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Montana State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Economics Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Utah State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for economics students. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

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Boise State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for economics students. It came in at #10 on the list. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boise.

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Best Economics Colleges by State

Explore the best economics schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 96
Utah 25
Idaho 4
Montana 9
Wyoming 9

One of 12 majors within the area of study, economics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major Annual Graduates
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to pixabay.

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