Economics at Gonzaga University

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

Gonzaga is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 7,295. Of the 415 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University in 2021, 40 of them were economics majors.

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

Gonzaga Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Gonzaga Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks economics programs across the country. The following shows how Gonzaga 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 economics major at Gonzaga 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
	204
	218
	218
	240
	250
	286
	444
	446
	450
	468

Earnings of Gonzaga Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Gonzaga is $36,406. This is less than $45,868, which is the national average of all economics majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Economics Student Demographics at Gonzaga

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

Gonzaga Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 40 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from Gonzaga in 2020-2021, 63% were men and 38% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Gonzaga since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in economics at Gonzaga 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 Gonzaga University with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within Economics

Economics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Gonzaga University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	40

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 WA, the home state for Gonzaga University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	21,300	$81,890
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Economists	400	$95,010
Economics Professors	260	$89,490
Survey Researchers	130	$66,150

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 Gregg M. Erickson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.