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2023 Most Popular Online Economics Schools in the Great Lakes Region

6 Colleges
$48,027 Avg Salary
$23,639 Avg Student Debt

Economics is the #19 most popular major in the country with 49,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Most Popular Online Economics Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Economics Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for economics students. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#1

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana State University the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for economics students. Indiana State is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Terre Haute.

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#3

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Economics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Franklin University

Columbus, OH

The excellent online programs at Franklin University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best economics schools in the Great Lakes Region . Franklin University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Columbus.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Economics Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.

Economics majors at Purdue take out an average of $21,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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James A Rhodes State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for economics students. It came in at #6 on the list. Rhodes State College is a small public school located in the small suburb of Lima.

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Explore the most popular online economics schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,496
Ohio 1,136
Illinois 2,155
Indiana 889
Wisconsin 1,225

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Economics is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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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