General Economics at Pacific Lutheran University

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

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,907. Of the 80 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific Lutheran University in 2021, 15 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.

PLU General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

PLU General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how PLU 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 PLU 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
	133
	138
	141
	146
	147
	169
	276
	338
	358
	372

General Economics Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Economics from PLU in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at PLU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general economics at PLU 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

PLU 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.