Economics at Saint Mary’s College of California

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

SMC is located in Moraga, California and approximately 3,439 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in economics from SMC.

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

SMC Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

SMC Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks economics programs across the country. The following shows how SMC performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The economics major at SMC 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
	150
Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	344
Most Popular Economics Schools	417

Earnings of SMC Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at SMC is $54,519. This is 19% higher than $45,868, which is the national average for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at SMC since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Saint Mary's College of California with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Archeology
• International Relations & National Security
• Anthropology
• 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 CA, the home state for Saint Mary's College of California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	98,590	$78,090
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Economists	1,430	$124,430
Survey Researchers	780	$75,150
Economics Professors	700	$139,050

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.