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Economics at Bates College

Economics at Bates College

If you plan to study economics, take a look at what Bates College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Bates is located in Lewiston, Maine and has a total student population of 1,876.

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

Bates Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Bates Economics Rankings

The economics major at Bates 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.

Economics Student Demographics at Bates

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

Bates Economics Bachelor’s Program

22% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 78% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at Bates are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 42
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Economics

The following economics concentations are available at Bates College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bates College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics 54

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 ME, the home state for Bates College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
Managers 1,380 $96,570
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 770 $68,670
Economics Professors 90 $99,630
Survey Researchers 30 $56,890

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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