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Economics at Oberlin College

Economics at Oberlin College

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

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and approximately 2,658 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.

Oberlin Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Oberlin Economics Rankings

The economics major at Oberlin 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.

Economics Student Demographics at Oberlin

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

Oberlin Economics Bachelor’s Program

40% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Oberlin since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 24
International Students 25
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 Oberlin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics 34

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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 24,840 $65,920
Managers 14,410 $107,320
Economics Professors 470 $109,960
Survey Researchers 140 $59,510
Economists 140 $125,490

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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