Economics at University of Florida

Every economics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the economics program at University of Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year.

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

UF Economics Degrees Available

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

UF Economics Rankings

The economics major at UF 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in economics, making the school the #127 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Economics Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at UF since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Florida with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	87
White	158
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

UF Economics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of economics master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

Of the students who received a economics master's degree from UF, 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 Florida with a master's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Economics

The following economics concentations are available at University of Florida. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	330

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Geography & Cartography
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• 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 FL, the home state for University of 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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.