Economics at Saint Mary’s College of California

If you plan to study economics, take a look at what Saint Mary's College of California has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMC is located in Moraga, California and has a total student population of 3,439. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in economics from SMC.

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

SMC Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

SMC Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at SMC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 SMC 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
	150
	151
	184
	187
	295
	344
	355
	417
	452
	472

How Much Do Economics Graduates from SMC Make?

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at SMC is $54,519. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 19% higher than the national average of $45,868 for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from SMC in 2020-2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at SMC since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Saint Mary's College of California with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SMC 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Saint Mary's College of California. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	17

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 CA, the home state for Saint Mary's College of California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	98,590	$78,090
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Economists	1,430	$124,430
Survey Researchers	780	$75,150
Economics Professors	700	$139,050

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.