Quick answer: 75 colleges within 100 miles of Bristol, Connecticut award an economics degree, the nearest about 9 miles away (IPEDS Completions, 2024).
Compare economics programs you can start from Bristol:
| Distance from Bristol | Colleges awarding this degree |
|---|---|
| Within 25 miles | 5 |
| Within 50 miles | 17 |
| Within 100 miles | 75 |
| Within 250 miles | 141 |
Source: IPEDS Completions, 2024, counting institutions that reported awarding this degree, joined to IPEDS institution coordinates. Distances are straight-line.
Bristol sits inside a dense cluster: 5 colleges within 25 miles award this degree, and 75 within 100 miles. Commuting to class is realistic here, which matters if you want the campus lab time rather than a fully online program.
The subject matter does not change by location: microeconomics and macroeconomics, econometrics, statistics, and applied policy or financial analysis. What changes is how you take it. Ask each college whether the program holds accreditation from a recognized institutional accreditor, how much of the coursework is delivered online, and which components require you on campus. Credit transfer is decided by the receiving institution and genuinely varies, so request a written transfer evaluation before you enroll.
This page lists 10 schools within 37 miles, closest group first, then ordered by BOC Score with the highest at the top. 10 of them carry a score.
Scores come from IPEDS (2024) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Earnings are for all graduates of a school, not one program, so treat them as a signal about the institution rather than about this subject. Sponsored listings are paid placements and are labelled as such; they are separate from this ranking and never change it. Read the full methodology.
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Economists in Connecticut earn a median $101,400 per year against $124,720 nationally (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The Connecticut median for economists is $101,400 per year, below the national median of $124,720, on state employment of 210 (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
These are statewide figures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish wages at city level, so no page can tell you what this job pays in Bristol specifically. For the metro-level picture where it is published, and the full percentile spread, see the Connecticut page.
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