Economics at Carnegie Mellon University

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

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year.

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

Carnegie Mellon Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
• Master’s Degree in Economics

Carnegie Mellon Economics Rankings

The economics major at Carnegie Mellon 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in economics, making the school the #62 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Economics Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Carnegie Mellon Economics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of economics master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Economics

If you plan to be a economics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Carnegie Mellon University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	58
Applied Economics	18

Related Majors

• Urban Studies
• Other Social Sciences
• International Relations & National Security

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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	26,750	$68,630
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Economics Professors	710	$131,060
Economists	610	$87,630
Survey Researchers	510	$60,810

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.