Economics at University of Alaska Anchorage

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

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and approximately 11,953 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in economics from UAA.

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

UAA Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

UAA Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at UAA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UAA 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
	41
	43
Most Popular Economics Schools	429

Economics Student Demographics at UAA

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

UAA Economics Bachelor’s Program

The economics program at UAA awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at UAA since its program graduates 20% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at UAA 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 University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Anthropology

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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Managers	1,410	$118,650
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	310	$69,880
Economists	100	$85,970
Survey Researchers	70	$59,270

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 Wonderlane under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.