Economics at Kean University

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

Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and approximately 14,064 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in economics from Kean.

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

Kean Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Kean Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at Kean 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 Kean 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
Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132
	235
Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	438
Most Focused Economics Schools	694

How Much Do Economics Graduates from Kean Make?

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Kean is $51,377. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $45,868 for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at Kean

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

Kean Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in economics from Kean in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Kean since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Kean University with a bachelor's in economics.

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 NJ, the home state for Kean University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	19,330	$87,210
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Survey Researchers	480	$76,040
Economics Professors	340	$117,220
Economists	180	$100,500

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 Daniel Collins under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.