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General Economics at University of California - Santa Cruz

General Economics at University of California - Santa Cruz

If you are interested in studying general economics, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Santa Cruz. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Santa Cruz General Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

UC Santa Cruz General Economics Rankings

The general economics major at UC Santa Cruz is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Economics Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz General Economics Bachelor’s Program

34% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 66% of general economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general 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 - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in general economics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 26
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 27
International Students 32
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

Careers That General Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 - Santa Cruz.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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