General Economics at California State University - Bakersfield

If you plan to study general economics, take a look at what California State University - Bakersfield has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUB is located in Bakersfield, California and has a total student population of 11,745. Of the 425 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Bakersfield in 2021, 14 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.

CSUB General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

CSUB General Economics Rankings

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

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 general economics major at CSUB 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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	249
	290
	355
	400
	408
	419
	429
	437
	486

General Economics Student Demographics at CSUB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general economics majors at California State University - Bakersfield.

CSUB General Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in general economics from CSUB. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at CSUB since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Bakersfield with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CSUB 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Bakersfield.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Economists	1,430	$124,430
Survey Researchers	780	$75,150
Economics Professors	700	$139,050

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.