General Economics at Dickinson College

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

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,932. Of the 124 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College in 2021, 27 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.

Dickinson General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Dickinson General Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general 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 general economics major at Dickinson 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
	53
	54
	57
	61
	146
	151
	178
	219
	356
	370

General Economics Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Economics from Dickinson in 2020-2021, 59% were men and 41% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Dickinson since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at Dickinson 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 Dickinson College with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Econometrics & Quantitative Economics

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 PA, the home state for Dickinson College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
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.