Economics at Dickinson College

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

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,932. In 2021, 55 economics majors received their bachelor's degree from Dickinson.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Economics section at the bottom of this page.

Dickinson Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Dickinson Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at Dickinson 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 economics major at Dickinson is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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
	42
	46
	95
	97
	170
	197
	198
	198
	417
	443

How Much Do Economics Graduates from Dickinson Make?

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dickinson is $48,684. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $45,868 for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 55 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from Dickinson in 2020-2021, 51% were men and 49% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Dickinson since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dickinson College with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	26
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Economics

If you plan to be a economics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Dickinson College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	28
General Economics	27

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 PA, the home state for Dickinson College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	26,750	$68,630
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Economics Professors	710	$131,060
Economists	610	$87,630
Survey Researchers	510	$60,810

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 JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.