Economics at York College

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

York is located in Jamaica, New York and approximately 7,784 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,328 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from York College in 2021, 13 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.

York Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

York Economics Rankings

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

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 York 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
	26
Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Best Value Economics Schools	32
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	288

Economics Student Demographics at York

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

York Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from York. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at York since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 69% 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 York College with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

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 NY, the home state for York College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	63,520	$77,230
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Economics Professors	1,650	$129,370
Economists	750	$127,520
Survey Researchers	710	$74,130

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.