General Economics at College of the Holy Cross

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

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 2,970 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 140 general economics majors received their bachelor's degree from Holy Cross.

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.

Holy Cross General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Holy Cross General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how Holy Cross 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 Holy Cross 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
	1
	1
	16
	19
	31
	35
	36
	46
	225
	236

General Economics Student Demographics at Holy Cross

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

Holy Cross General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 140 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Economics from Holy Cross in 2020-2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Holy Cross since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at Holy Cross 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 College of the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	109
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Holy Cross 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 MA, the home state for College of the Holy Cross.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Economists	1,150	$117,680
Economics Professors	870	$125,120
Survey Researchers	730	$64,950

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 George Rypysc III under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.