Economics at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and has a total student population of 40,709.

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

UMCP Economics Degrees Available

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

UMCP Economics Rankings

The economics major at UMCP 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 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in economics, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Economics Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at UMCP are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	48
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	165
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

UMCP Economics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of economics master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	43
International Students	41
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Economics

Economics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maryland - College Park. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	414
General Economics	99

Related Majors

• Demography & Population Studies
• General Social Sciences
• Urban Studies
• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	10,500	$67,900
Economists	700	$116,870
Survey Researchers	590	$90,920
Economics Professors	230	$119,300

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.