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Economics at The University of West Florida

Economics at The University of West Florida

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

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and has a total student population of 13,061.

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

UWF Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

UWF Economics Rankings

The economics major at UWF 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 UWF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at The University of West Florida.

UWF Economics Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at UWF since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at UWF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 9
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 The University of West Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics 11

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 FL, the home state for The University of West Florida.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 34,950 $64,730
Managers 23,160 $99,240
Economics Professors 340 $116,920
Economists 240 $105,230

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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