Economics at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh is located in Plattsburgh, New York and has a total student population of 5,109. Of the 1,289 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2021, 13 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.

SUNY Plattsburgh Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

SUNY Plattsburgh Economics Rankings

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

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 SUNY Plattsburgh 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
Best Value Economics Schools	224
	467
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	481

Earnings of SUNY Plattsburgh Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Plattsburgh is $37,250. This is less than $45,868, which is the national average of all economics majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Economics Student Demographics at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from SUNY Plattsburgh. Of these graduates, 62% were men and 38% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at SUNY Plattsburgh since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Plattsburgh.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	63,520	$77,230
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Economics Professors	1,650	$129,370
Economists	750	$127,520
Survey Researchers	710	$74,130

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 Erik Graham under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.