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Economics at William & Mary

What traits are you looking for in a economics school? To help you decide if William & Mary is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's economics program.

William & Mary is located in Williamsburg, Virginia and approximately 8,939 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,983 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2021, 127 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.

William & Mary Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

William & Mary Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at William & Mary 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 William & Mary 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
104
Best Value Economics Schools 231

Earnings of William & Mary Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at William & Mary is $54,979. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $45,868 for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

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Economics Student Demographics at William & Mary

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at William & Mary.

William & Mary Economics Bachelor’s Program

42% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 127 economics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from William & Mary, about 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at William & Mary since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at William & Mary 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 William & Mary with a bachelor's in economics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 72
International Students 19
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

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

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 VA, the home state for William & Mary.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 20,130 $75,050
Managers 17,280 $134,500
Economists 1,230 $126,080
Economics Professors 440 $101,290
Survey Researchers 330 $59,410

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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