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Economics at University of Iowa

Economics at University of Iowa

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

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 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.

Iowa Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Iowa Economics Rankings

The economics major at Iowa 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.

Economics Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa Economics Bachelor’s Program

29% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at Iowa 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 Iowa with a bachelor's in economics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 80
International Students 18
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Concentrations Within Economics

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics 133
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics 2

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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 4,970 $59,270
Managers 2,880 $101,360
Economics Professors 150 $133,600
Economists 60 $87,530

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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