Economics at Bridgewater College

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

Bridgewater is located in Bridgewater, Virginia and approximately 1,597 students attend the school each year. Of the 79 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bridgewater College in 2021, 2 of them were economics majors.

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

Bridgewater Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Bridgewater Economics Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The economics major at Bridgewater 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
	246
	248
	314
	318
	409
	436
	498
	582
	640
	751

Economics Student Demographics at Bridgewater

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

Bridgewater Economics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Bridgewater. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Bridgewater since its program graduates 64% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at Bridgewater are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	2

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 VA, the home state for Bridgewater College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	20,130	$75,050
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Economists	1,230	$126,080
Economics Professors	440	$101,290
Survey Researchers	330	$59,410

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 Alma mater under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.