Economics at Roanoke College

If you plan to study economics, take a look at what Roanoke College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Roanoke is located in Salem, Virginia and approximately 1,920 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in economics from Roanoke.

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

Roanoke Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Roanoke Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at Roanoke 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 Roanoke 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
	36
Best Economics Schools	100
Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	322
Best Value Economics Schools	338
Most Focused Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	448
Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	603

Economics Student Demographics at Roanoke

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

Roanoke Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in economics from Roanoke in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at Roanoke are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Roanoke College with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government

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 VA, the home state for Roanoke College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	20,130	$75,050
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Economists	1,230	$126,080
Economics Professors	440	$101,290
Survey Researchers	330	$59,410

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 roanokecollege under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.