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Economics at Lake Forest College

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

Lake Forest is located in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 1,583 students attend the school each year. Of the 449 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lake Forest College in 2021, 32 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.

Lake Forest Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Lake Forest Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest 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 63
Most Focused Economics Schools 67
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools 84
Best Economics Schools 86
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Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools 240
Most Popular Economics Schools 288
Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools 334
Best Value Economics Schools 355

Earnings of Lake Forest Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lake Forest is $58,782. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 28% higher than the national average of $45,868 for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

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Economics Student Demographics at Lake Forest

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

Lake Forest Economics Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Lake Forest since its program graduates 20% more women than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 15
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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

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 IL, the home state for Lake Forest College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 30,150 $61,670
Survey Researchers 1,590 $57,560
Economics Professors 520 $128,340
Economists 380 $108,690

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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