Economics at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552.

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

UPenn Economics Degrees Available

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

UPenn Economics Rankings

The economics major at UPenn 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 27 students who received their doctoral degrees in economics, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Economics Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	48
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	79
International Students	54
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

UPenn Economics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of economics master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Economics

If you plan to be a economics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	248
General Economics	25

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Archeology
• Other Social Sciences
• Demography & Population Studies
• 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	26,750	$68,630
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Economics Professors	710	$131,060
Economists	610	$87,630
Survey Researchers	510	$60,810

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.