General Economics at Calvin University

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

Calvin is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and approximately 3,307 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in general economics from Calvin.

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.

Calvin General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Calvin General Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general economics progam at Calvin 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 general economics major at Calvin 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
	183
	212
	264
	323

General Economics Student Demographics at Calvin

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

Calvin General Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 general economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Calvin. Of these graduates, 63% were men and 38% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Calvin since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at Calvin 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 Calvin University with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Development Economics & International Development

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 MI, the home state for Calvin University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Economics Professors	300	$111,530
Economists	250	$90,040
Survey Researchers	240	$64,400

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 Romano1246 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.