Economics at Belmont Abbey College

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

BAC is located in Belmont, North Carolina and approximately 1,467 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 economics majors received their bachelor's degree from BAC.

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

BAC Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

BAC Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at BAC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The economics major at BAC 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	203
Most Focused Economics Schools	239
Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	506
Most Popular Economics Schools	599

Economics Student Demographics at BAC

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

BAC Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at BAC since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at BAC 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 Belmont Abbey College with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• 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 NC, the home state for Belmont Abbey College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	17,450	$69,170
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Economics Professors	580	$106,080
Survey Researchers	350	$80,960
Economists	230	$81,470

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 Upstateherd under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.