Economics at Dickinson College

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

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,932 students attend the school each year. Of the 627 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College in 2021, 55 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.

Dickinson Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Dickinson Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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	42
Most Focused Economics Schools	46
Best Economics Schools	97
Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	170
	198
	198
Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	417
Best Value Economics Schools	443

Earnings of Dickinson Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dickinson is $48,684. This is 6% higher than $45,868, which is the national average for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from Dickinson. About 51% were men and 49% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Dickinson since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dickinson College with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	26
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Archeology
• Sociology
• International Relations & National Security
• 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 PA, the home state for Dickinson College.

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 JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.