Economics at Utah State University

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

USU is located in Logan, Utah and approximately 27,691 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.

USU Economics Degrees Available

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

USU Economics Rankings

The economics major at USU 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 USU

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

USU Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at USU since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	97
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	218

USU Economics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of economics master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

Of the students who received a economics master's degree from USU, 75% 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 Utah State University with a master's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Utah State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	419
Applied Economics	4
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	1

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography
• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

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 UT, the home state for Utah State University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	7,860	$57,660
Managers	3,310	$102,290
Survey Researchers	260	$53,020
Economics Professors	160	$117,380
Economists	90	$88,280

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 Cory Maylett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.