General Economics at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College is located in Brooklyn, New York and approximately 17,735 students attend the school each year. Of the 931 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College in 2021, 24 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.

Brooklyn College General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Brooklyn College General Economics Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general economics major at Brooklyn College 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
	199
	243
	386
	401
	415
	449
	460
	461
	474
	475

General Economics Student Demographics at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College General Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in general economics from Brooklyn College. About 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 Brooklyn College since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 Brooklyn College with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Brooklyn College 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 NY, the home state for Brooklyn College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Economics Professors	1,650	$129,370
Economists	750	$127,520
Survey Researchers	710	$74,130

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 Gabriel Liendo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.