Economics at Johns Hopkins University

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

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 28,890 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.

Johns Hopkins Economics Degrees Available

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

Johns Hopkins Economics Rankings

The economics major at Johns Hopkins 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in economics, making the school the #76 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Economics Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Johns Hopkins since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	46
International Students	35
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Johns Hopkins Economics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of economics master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	41
International Students	320
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Johns Hopkins University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	286
General Economics	131

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Geography & Cartography
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• General Social Sciences

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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	10,500	$67,900
Economists	700	$116,870
Survey Researchers	590	$90,920
Economics Professors	230	$119,300

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.