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Economics at Williams College

Economics at Williams College

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

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and approximately 1,987 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.

Williams Economics Degrees Available

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

Williams Economics Rankings

The economics major at Williams 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 Williams

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

Williams Economics Bachelor’s Program

41% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 59% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Williams since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

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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 Williams College with a bachelor's in economics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 21
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 65
International Students 14
Other Races/Ethnicities 21

Williams Economics Master’s Program

46% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 54% of economics master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 26
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Williams College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics 100

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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 20,070 $74,510
Managers 8,660 $131,450
Economists 1,150 $117,680
Economics Professors 870 $125,120
Survey Researchers 730 $64,950

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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