Applied Economics at Farmingdale State College

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

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is located in Farmingdale, New York and approximately 10,018 students attend the school each year. Of the 490 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Farmingdale State College in 2021, 24 of them were applied economics majors.

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

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale Applied Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Economics

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale Applied Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks applied economics programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale performed in these rankings.

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 applied economics major at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Applied 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
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Applied Economics Student Demographics at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale

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

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale Applied Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in applied economics from SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale. About 71% were men and 29% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in applied economics at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its applied economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale also has a doctoral program available in applied economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Applied Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in applied 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 Farmingdale State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	63,520	$77,230
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 Batiste93 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.