General Economics at Oglethorpe University

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

Oglethorpe is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 1,452. In 2021, 8 general economics majors received their bachelor's degree from Oglethorpe.

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.

Oglethorpe General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Oglethorpe General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe 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
	112
	129
	382
	458

General Economics Student Demographics at Oglethorpe

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

Oglethorpe General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Economics from Oglethorpe in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Oglethorpe since its program graduates 42% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 GA, the home state for Oglethorpe University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Economists	330	$111,570
Economics Professors	180	$101,590

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 Boston Public Library under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.