General Economics at Marquette University

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

Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 11,550. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students received a bachelor's degree in general economics from Marquette.

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.

Marquette General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Marquette General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how Marquette 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 general economics major at Marquette 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
	138
	173
	253
	293

General Economics Student Demographics at Marquette

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

Marquette General Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 general economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Marquette. Of these graduates, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Marquette since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at Marquette 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 Marquette University with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	23
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Applied 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 WI, the home state for Marquette University.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Managers	12,400	$85,050
Economists	240	$80,070
Economics Professors	200	$119,560
Survey Researchers	80	$48,010

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 scottfeldstein under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.