General Economics at Salem College

What traits are you looking for in a general economics school? To help you decide if Salem College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general economics program.

Salem is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 636. Of the 28 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Salem College in 2021, 4 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.

Salem General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Salem General Economics Rankings

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

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 Salem 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
	131
	152
	479
	568

General Economics Student Demographics at Salem

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

Salem General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Economics from Salem in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Salem since its program graduates 67% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 66% 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 Salem College with a bachelor's in general economics.

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

Salem 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 NC, the home state for Salem College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Economics Professors	580	$106,080
Survey Researchers	350	$80,960
Economists	230	$81,470

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.