General Economics at Bridgewater College

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

Bridgewater is located in Bridgewater, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,597. Of the 79 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bridgewater College in 2021, 2 of them were general economics majors.

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.

Bridgewater General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Bridgewater General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how Bridgewater performed in these rankings.

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 general economics major at Bridgewater 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
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	647

General Economics Student Demographics at Bridgewater

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

Bridgewater General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Economics from Bridgewater in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Bridgewater since its program graduates 67% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general 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 general 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 general economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for Bridgewater College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
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.