Economics at Southern New Hampshire University

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

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and approximately 134,345 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.

SNHU Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
• Master’s Degree in Economics

SNHU Economics Rankings

The economics major at SNHU 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 SNHU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at Southern New Hampshire University.

SNHU Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at SNHU since its program graduates 41% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	72
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SNHU Economics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of economics master's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

Of the students who received a economics master's degree from SNHU, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the economics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a master's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Economics

Economics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern New Hampshire University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	83

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government
• General Social Sciences

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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	2,140	$68,010
Managers	950	$123,580
Economics Professors	80	$161,830
Economists	60	$74,570

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 Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.