Economics at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,907. Of the 604 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific Lutheran University in 2021, 15 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.

PLU Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

PLU Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at PLU 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 PLU 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
	181
Best Economics Schools	196
Most Focused Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	366
Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	419
Best Value Economics Schools	446

Economics Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from PLU in 2020-2021, 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 PLU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at PLU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Criminology
• Political Science & Government
• Anthropology
• 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	21,300	$81,890
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Economists	400	$95,010
Economics Professors	260	$89,490
Survey Researchers	130	$66,150

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.