Economics at Georgetown University

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

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 19,371.

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

Georgetown Economics Degrees Available

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

Georgetown Economics Rankings

The economics major at Georgetown 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 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in economics, making the school the #42 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Economics Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgetown since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	74
International Students	55
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Georgetown Economics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of economics master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Economics

The following economics concentations are available at Georgetown University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Georgetown University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	158
Development Economics & International Development	47
International Economics	36
Applied Economics	24

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• 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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	6,930	$79,770
Economists	6,380	$134,260
Economics Professors	230	$110,350
Survey Researchers	180	$73,690

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.