Economics at Barnard College

If you are interested in studying economics, you may want to check out the program at Barnard College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Barnard is located in New York, New York and approximately 2,744 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students received a bachelor's degree in economics from Barnard.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Economics section at the bottom of this page.

Barnard Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Barnard Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks economics programs across the country. The following shows how Barnard performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The economics major at Barnard is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Economics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Economics Schools	23
Best Economics Schools	33
	33
	36
Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	131
Most Popular Economics Schools	154
Best Value Economics Schools	282

Earnings of Barnard Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Barnard is $65,217. This is 42% higher than $45,868, which is the national average for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at Barnard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at Barnard College.

Barnard Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 79 economics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Barnard, about 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Barnard since its program graduates 64% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Barnard College with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	26
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Barnard also has a doctoral program available in economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Urban Studies
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in economics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Barnard College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	63,520	$77,230
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Economics Professors	1,650	$129,370
Economists	750	$127,520
Survey Researchers	710	$74,130

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.