Economics at University of California - Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 students attend the school each year. Of the 10,523 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Berkeley in 2021, 758 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.

UC Berkeley Economics Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at UC Berkeley 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 UC Berkeley 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
Most Popular Economics Schools	3
	22

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in economics from UC Berkeley. This makes it the #98 most popular school for economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 38 students who received their doctoral degrees in economics, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UC Berkeley Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley is $71,330. This is 56% higher than $45,868, which is the national average for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Economics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 758 students earned a bachelor's degree in economics from UC Berkeley. About 48% of these graduates were women and the other 52% were men. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	314
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	153
International Students	198
Other Races/Ethnicities	53

UC Berkeley Economics Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a master's degree in economics from UC Berkeley. About 58% were men and 42% were women.

Of the students who received a economics master's degree from UC Berkeley, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a master's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UC Berkeley also has a doctoral program available in economics. In 2021, 38 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Demography & Population Studies
• Urban Studies
• Anthropology
• Other Social Sciences
• Sociology

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 University of California - Berkeley.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.