Economics at Berea College

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

Berea is located in Berea, Kentucky and approximately 1,432 students attend the school each year. Of the 299 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Berea College in 2021, 4 of them were economics majors.

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

Berea Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Berea Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks economics programs across the country. The following shows how Berea 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 Berea 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	293
Most Focused Economics Schools	353
Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	574
Most Popular Economics Schools	672

Economics Student Demographics at Berea

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

Berea Economics Bachelor’s Program

The economics program at Berea awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Berea since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 Berea College with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 KY, the home state for Berea College.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	4,650	$58,190
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Economics Professors	190	$85,500
Survey Researchers	40	$57,050

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 Rachid Hogerhuis under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.