General Economics at Vassar College

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying general economics, you may want to check out the program at Vassar College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 2,435.

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

Vassar General Economics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Vassar General Economics Rankings

The general economics major at Vassar is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General Economics Student Demographics at Vassar

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general economics majors at Vassar College.

Vassar General Economics Bachelor’s Program

41% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of general economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Vassar since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Careers That General Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 NY, the home state for Vassar College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Economics Professors	1,650	$129,370
Economists	750	$127,520
Survey Researchers	710	$74,130

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
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