Economics at Augustana College

Every economics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the economics program at Augustana College stacks up to those at other schools.

Augustana is located in Rock Island, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,389. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in economics from Augustana.

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

Augustana Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Augustana Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at Augustana compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The economics major at Augustana 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	167
	169
	232
	256
	258
	276
	344
	388
	411
	417

Earnings of Augustana Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Augustana is $46,580. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $45,868 for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at Augustana

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

Augustana Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from Augustana in 2020-2021, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Augustana since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Augustana also has a doctoral program available in economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Augustana College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	17

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 IL, the home state for Augustana College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	30,150	$61,670
Survey Researchers	1,590	$57,560
Economics Professors	520	$128,340
Economists	380	$108,690

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.