
Cut-off mark 2026
10.55
First-year places
170 (2025-2026)
Price per credit
€17.69
University-level employment
42.8%
Average gross annual salary
€38,167
The same degree, a different bar at every university: in 2026, getting into Bachelor in Economics required 10.55 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, while 8.77 was enough at the most accessible one.
Below are the 4 Spanish universities teaching it in Barcelona —3 public and 1 private— ordered by cut-off mark, with places, credit price and results for each one.

Cut-off mark 2026
10.55
First-year places
170 (2025-2026)
Price per credit
€17.69
University-level employment
42.8%
Average gross annual salary
€38,167

Cut-off mark 2026
8.94
First-year places
300 (2025-2026)
Price per credit
€17.69
University-level employment
34.0%
Average gross annual salary
€33,849

Barcelona
🏅 Ranked 11 of 57 in the bibliometric ranking
PublicOn-campus
Cut-off mark 2026
8.77
First-year places
155 (2025-2026)
Price per credit
€17.69
University-level employment
32.9%
Average gross annual salary
€33,861

Barcelona
🏅 Ranked 10 of 57 in the bibliometric ranking
PrivateBlended or distance
Cut-off mark 2026
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First-year places
350 (2025-2026)
Price per credit
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University-level employment
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Average gross annual salary
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| University | Field of study | Cut-off mark 2026 | Places | Price per credit | University-level employment | Average gross annual salary | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona · Public | Economics | 10.55 | 170 | €17.69 | 42.8% | €38,167 | |
| Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona · Public | Economics | 8.94 | 300 | €17.69 | 34.0% | €33,849 | |
| Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelona · Public | Economics | 8.77 | 155 | €17.69 | 32.9% | €33,861 | |
| Universitat Oberta de CatalunyaBarcelona · Private | Economics | — | 350 | — | — | — |
University-level employment and salary are for the 2019-2020 cohort, four years after graduation, and for the field of study each university files this degree under, never for the degree itself. The salary is the Social Security contribution base: gross pay, with legal caps at the top and at the bottom.
A dash means the official source does not publish that figure. When a university teaches the degree at several centres, the highest cut-off mark among them is shown; the detail is on its profile.
Cut-off mark: that of the last student admitted in the 2025 pre-enrolment, for the 2025-2026 academic year.