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Yes, there are many options for prospec­tive under­grad­u­ate stu­dents look­ing to enroll in an eco­nom­ics degree pro­gram online. Online pro­grams are usu­al­ly designed to give work­ing pro­fes­sion­als the flex­i­bil­i­ty they need to main­tain full-time employ­ment while work­ing towards a degree for career advance­ment. Under­grad­u­ates choose between earn­ing an associate’s degree, which typ­i­cal­ly take 60 cred­its to grad­u­ate, or a bachelor’s degree, which takes 120 cred­its to grad­u­ate. The major­i­ty of under­grad­u­ate Eco­nom­ics pro­grams in an online for­mat are for bach­e­lor degrees, though there are asso­ciate options as well. Stu­dents who choose to earn a bachelor’s degree in Eco­nom­ics will have to choose between earn­ing a Bach­e­lor of Arts (BA) or a Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence (BS). A BA in Eco­nom­ics will pro­vide stu­dents with knowl­edge of the the­o­ret­i­cal ground­work of the world’s eco­nom­ic sys­tem, while a BS in Eco­nom­ics will focus on busi­ness-ori­ent­ed eco­nom­ics strat­e­gy. A large num­ber of options for under­grad­u­ate degrees in eco­nom­ics can be over­whelm­ing, but for­tu­nate­ly, we have com­piled a list of the Top 15 Bachelor’s Degrees in Eco­nom­ics. Let’s take a close look at a few options for under­grad­u­ate eco­nom­ics degree pro­grams online.

Pennsylvania State University

Penn­syl­va­nia State Uni­ver­si­ty (also known as Penn State or PSU) is a pub­lic uni­ver­si­ty that was found­ed in 1855, and is locat­ed in State Col­lege, Penn­syl­va­nia. Penn State’s World Cam­pus was found­ed in 1998, and is the university’s online branch, which cur­rent­ly offers more than 150 under­grad­u­ate, grad­u­ate, and cer­tifi­cate pro­grams in ful­ly online for­mats. Penn State has offered dis­tance learn­ing edu­ca­tion cours­es for over a hun­dred years, as they offered cor­re­spon­dence study pro­grams for farm­ers start­ing in 1892. The online uni­ver­si­ty offers both a BA and a BS in Eco­nom­ics, a BS in Busi­ness, as well as an under­grad­u­ate minor in Ener­gy Busi­ness and Finance. Tuition for Penn State’s World Cam­pus for the 2017–18 school year was $13,988, regard­less of whether stu­dents were in-state or out-of-state. For more infor­ma­tion about how to finance your desired online eco­nom­ics degree, check out our info­graph­ic on The Eco­nom­ics of a Bachelor’s Degree.

Oregon State University

Ore­gon State Uni­ver­si­ty (also known as OSU) is a pub­lic research uni­ver­si­ty that was estab­lished in 1868, and is locat­ed in Cor­val­lis, Ore­gon. OSU’s Ecam­pus offers both BA and BS options for Eco­nom­ics majors, with two con­cen­tra­tions avail­able in Man­age­r­i­al Eco­nom­ics, or Law, Eco­nom­ics, and Pol­i­cy. Tuition for the 2017–18 school year at OSU came out to $10,967 of in-state stu­dents, and $29,457 for in-state stu­dents, though 85% of stu­dents received some form of finan­cial aid.

Colorado State University

Col­orado State Uni­ver­si­ty (also known as CSU) is a pub­lic research uni­ver­si­ty that was found­ed in 1870, and is locat­ed in Fort Collins, Col­orado. Col­orado State University’s Glob­al Cam­pus offers an online bachelor’s degree in eco­nom­ics. Stu­dents who are enrolled in the online Bachelor’s in Eco­nom­ics pro­gram are required to choose one of eight minors to com­ple­ment their eco­nom­ics class­es. Options for minors include Agri­cul­tur­al Busi­ness, Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion, and Glob­al and Envi­ron­men­tal Sus­tain­abil­i­ty. Core cours­es for eco­nom­ics majors include Inter­me­di­ate Macro­eco­nom­ics, Cal­cu­lus for Phys­i­cal Sci­en­tists, and His­to­ry of Eco­nom­ic Insti­tu­tions and Thought. Tuition for the 2017–18 school year at Col­orado State Uni­ver­si­ty was a great deal at $8,400.

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