Economics at University of California - Los Angeles

What traits are you looking for in a economics school? To help you decide if University of California - Los Angeles is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's economics program.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 students attend the school each year. Of the 10,102 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Los Angeles in 2021, 796 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.

UCLA Economics Degrees Available

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

UCLA Economics Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The economics major at UCLA 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 Master’s Degree Schools	27
Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools	32
	145
Best Value Economics Schools	170

In 2021, 72 students received their master’s degree in economics from UCLA. This makes it the #13 most popular school for economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in economics, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UCLA Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCLA is $52,741. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $45,868 for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 796 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from UCLA in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	202
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	84
White	219
International Students	224
Other Races/Ethnicities	57

UCLA Economics Master’s Program

The economics program at UCLA awarded 72 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 51% of these degrees went to men with the other 49% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCLA also has a doctoral program available in economics. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Other Social Sciences
• Geography & Cartography
• Anthropology
• 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.