Hardest ECON classes at Purdue

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

1. ECON 21000: Prin of Economics Average GPA 2.67, 2,505 students
2. ECON 25200: Macroeconomics Average GPA 2.86, 8,106 students
3. ECON 38500: Labor Economics Average GPA 2.89, 330 students
4. ECON 30100: Managerial Economics Average GPA 2.90, 2,149 students
5. ECON 37000: International Trade Average GPA 2.90, 1,471 students
6. ECON 36100: Antitrust & Regulatn Average GPA 2.90, 194 students
7. ECON 25100: Microeconomics Average GPA 2.92, 13,696 students
8. ECON 26000: Statistical Inference Average GPA 2.92, 720 students
9. ECON 34000: Intrm Microecon Thry Average GPA 3.01, 1,421 students
10. ECON 38000: Money and Banking Average GPA 3.01, 1,181 students
11. ECON 43200: Econ of Growth & Innovation Average GPA 3.14, 226 students
12. ECON 36000: Econometrics Average GPA 3.17, 920 students
13. ECON 45100: Game Theory Average GPA 3.19, 1,266 students
14. ECON 47100: Behavioral Economics Average GPA 3.19, 808 students
15. ECON 46100: Industrial Organizatn Average GPA 3.19, 512 students
16. ECON 45600: Urban Economics Average GPA 3.19, 137 students
17. ECON 35200: Intermed Macroecon Average GPA 3.21, 1,348 students
18. ECON 36200: Health Economics Average GPA 3.23, 252 students
19. ECON 32200: Econ of Public Policy-Honors Average GPA 3.26, 325 students
20. ECON 48500: Racial & Gender Discrimination Average GPA 3.32, 297 students
21. ECON 37300: Computational Economics Average GPA 3.39, 281 students
22. ECON 46300: Advanced Data Analysis Average GPA 3.43, 112 students
23. ECON 60600: Microeconomics I Average GPA 3.58, 105 students

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