Easiest ECON classes at UIUC
Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.
- ECON 567: Microeconomics for Business Average GPA 3.74, 213 students
- ECON 568: Macroeconomics for Business Average GPA 3.73, 301 students
- ECON 504: Time Series Analysis in Econ Average GPA 3.73, 186 students
- ECON 460: Financial Economics Average GPA 3.71, 272 students
- ECON 590: Labor Econ: Theory & Practice Average GPA 3.70, 884 students
- ECON 510: Economics of Taxation Average GPA 3.70, 132 students
- ECON 529: Macroeconomics for Business Average GPA 3.69, 6,219 students
- ECON 199: Introduction to Game Theory Average GPA 3.68, 167 students
- ECON 472: Financial Econometrics Average GPA 3.67, 392 students
- ECON 564: The Theory of Monetary Policy Average GPA 3.67, 278 students
- ECON 532: Econometric Analysis I Average GPA 3.65, 360 students
- ECON 535: Econometric Analysis II Average GPA 3.65, 279 students
- ECON 516: Monetary Theory Average GPA 3.64, 445 students
- ECON 501: Macroeconomics Average GPA 3.63, 733 students
- ECON 505: Introduction to Game Theory Average GPA 3.63, 451 students
- ECON 528: Microeconomics for Business Average GPA 3.62, 8,130 students
- ECON 509: General Macroeconomic Theory Average GPA 3.62, 401 students
- ECON 508: Applied Econometrics Average GPA 3.59, 412 students
- ECON 503: Econometrics Average GPA 3.58, 795 students
- ECON 517: Monetary Policy Average GPA 3.55, 485 students
- ECON 563: Monetary Theory Average GPA 3.55, 136 students
- ECON 520: International Trade Theory Average GPA 3.55, 130 students
- ECON 530: Microeconomic Theory I Average GPA 3.54, 103 students
- ECON 512: Economics of Taxation Average GPA 3.53, 124 students
- ECON 522: International Financial Econ Average GPA 3.52, 145 students
- ECON 483: Econ of Innovation and Tech Average GPA 3.51, 887 students
- ECON 514: International Financial Average GPA 3.51, 187 students
- ECON 491: Intermediate Econometrics Average GPA 3.49, 629 students
- ECON 506: Economic Statistics Average GPA 3.48, 544 students
- ECON 437: Game Theory Average GPA 3.46, 1,262 students
- ECON 500: Microeconomics Average GPA 3.45, 1,231 students
- ECON 511: Public Goods Theory Average GPA 3.43, 162 students
- ECON 482: Economics of Digital Economy Average GPA 3.42, 557 students
- ECON 455: Economics: Poverty Alleviation Average GPA 3.42, 199 students
- ECON 102: Microeconomic Principles Average GPA 3.41, 47,612 students
- ECON 484: Law and Economics Average GPA 3.40, 1,190 students
- ECON 452: The Latin American Economies Average GPA 3.38, 1,626 students
- ECON 481: Govt Reg of Economic Activity Average GPA 3.38, 460 students
- ECON 440: Economics of Labor Markets Average GPA 3.37, 1,302 students
- ECON 469: Economics of Risk Average GPA 3.36, 342 students
- ECON 513: International Trade Average GPA 3.36, 153 students
- ECON 502: Economic Statistics Average GPA 3.35, 819 students
- ECON 490: International Trade Average GPA 3.33, 7,023 students
- ECON 475: Economic Forecasting Average GPA 3.33, 754 students
- ECON 465: Mathematical Economics Average GPA 3.33, 131 students
- ECON 474: Econometrics of Policy Eval Average GPA 3.32, 285 students
- ECON 420: International Economics Average GPA 3.26, 2,924 students
- ECON 418: Health Economics Average GPA 3.26, 529 students
- ECON 414: Urban Economics Average GPA 3.24, 850 students
- ECON 448: Employee Comp & Incentives Average GPA 3.24, 777 students
- ECON 415: Environmental Economics Average GPA 3.20, 671 students
- ECON 450: Development Economics Average GPA 3.18, 1,242 students
- ECON 103: Macroeconomic Principles Average GPA 3.17, 30,411 students
- ECON 426: Monetary Economics and Policy Average GPA 3.17, 646 students
- ECON 447: Economics of the Workplace Average GPA 3.15, 744 students
- ECON 462: Macroeconomic Policy Average GPA 3.15, 273 students
- ECON 480: Industrial Comp and Monopoly Average GPA 3.11, 1,171 students
- ECON 303: Inter Macroeconomic Theory Average GPA 3.06, 7,181 students
- ECON 442: Women in the Economy Average GPA 3.02, 111 students
- ECON 425: Macroeconomic Policy Average GPA 3.01, 210 students
- ECON 422: International Macroeconomics Average GPA 2.94, 124 students
- ECON 202: Economic Statistics I Average GPA 2.92, 11,621 students
- ECON 471: Intro to Applied Econometrics Average GPA 2.91, 2,288 students
- ECON 411: Public Sector Economics Average GPA 2.91, 1,494 students
- ECON 402: American Economic History Average GPA 2.86, 523 students
- ECON 302: Inter Microeconomic Theory Average GPA 2.84, 21,365 students
- ECON 220: Intl Economic Principles Average GPA 2.80, 106 students
- ECON 203: Economic Statistics II Average GPA 2.78, 16,960 students
See also: Hardest classes, UIUC course catalog, ECON course catalog.