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Economics at Santa Clara University

Economics at Santa Clara University

Every economics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the economics program at Santa Clara University stacks up to those at other schools.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 8,616 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.

SCU Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

SCU Economics Rankings

The economics major at SCU 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 SCU

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

SCU Economics Bachelor’s Program

40% Women
35% 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 SCU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at SCU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in economics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 11
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 42
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

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 Santa Clara University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics 103

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 Santa Clara University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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